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In Effort to Kill Pipeline, Groups Call Directly on Obama to Oppose Permits

U.S. Judge James Boasberg said he would make a decision by September 9 on whether to halt work on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline

By Nadia Prupis
Common Dreams
August 25, 2016

As Indigenous activists maintained resistance to a proposed oil pipeline in North Dakota this week, allied groups on Thursday sent an open letter to President Barack Obama asking him to...

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America's Historical Shame

August 24, 2016
By Sonali Kolhatkar
TruthDig

Until a few years ago, the word “occupation” was synonymous with power, imperialism and foreign invasion. Today, in the post-Occupy Wall Street era, more and more activists are using their physical presence to make demands. From Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to Tahrir Square in Cairo, occupation has become a powerful method of...

Native Activist Winona LaDuke: Pipeline Company Enbridge Has No Right to Destroy Our Future

By Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
August 23, 2016

LWF encouraged by member church action to review investments in fossil fuel companies

August 19, 2016
The Lutheran World Federation

General Secretary Junge at Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America  

(LWI) – Key actions from the recent governing body of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) included response to The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) call to its member churches to not invest in fossil fuels,...

World Culture Festival: Sri Sri event destroyed Yamuna's floodplain, biodiversity lost forever

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World Culture Festival: Sri Sri event destroyed Yamuna’s floodplain, biodiversity lost forever, expert panel to NGT

AOL rejects allegation, says it is asking tribunal to reconstitute panel of experts.

By Kaunain Sheriff M
The Indian Express
August 17, 2016

Marian devotees in Vietnam urged to take responsibility for environment

August 16, 2016
By Joachim Pham
National Catholic Reporter

Catholics in the central Vietnamese diocese of Vinh who attended feast of the Assumption celebrations Aug. 15 were urged to help victims of marine pollution and to work to protect the environment.

Louisiana flooding displaces 20,000, Baton Rouge churches call for volunteers

August 16, 2016
By Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter

As Louisiana’s governor announced the federal government had declared a major disaster for the state Saturday, Catholic churches in the Baton Rouge diocese called for volunteers to help those displaced by extreme flooding and asked flood victims what assistance they needed.

A World at War

We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.

By Bill McKibben
New Republic
August 15, 2016

Indigenous peoples look to preserve environment

August 15, 2016
By Lucy Cormack
The Sydney Morning Herald

Amelia Telford remembers the moment huge slabs of her country were swallowed by the sea.

It was 2009 and a severe storm had battered Kingscliff, her home on the east coast of Australia. Several meters of beach and dune disappeared, while cranes were needed to shift whole buildings back to save them from the water...

Dakota Access Pipeline Standoff: Mni Wiconi, Water is Life

August 15, 2016
By Valerie Taliman
Indian Country Today Media Network

The controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project is back in the news. Over the weekend, tribal activists faced off against lines of police in Hunkpapa Territory near Cannon Ball as construction crews prepared to break ground for the new pipeline, while Standing Rock Sioux governmental officials resolved to...

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