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Indigenous water protectors warn of Line 5 pipeline’s looming dangers

Nov 28, 2024 | truthout.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda

This story was originally published by Prism. According to Indigenous water protectors, it’s not a matter of whether a pipeline will rupture and leak, but when. The federal government’s own data supports this, with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration reporting that there were 1.5 incidents per day in 2023. But in northern Wisconsin on the Bad River Reservation, the incontrovertible claim that the safest way to build a pipeline is not to build one at all isn’t being heeded.
Residents Finally Get to Participate in Negotiations Over Jackson’s Water Crisis

Apr 4, 2024 | truthout.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda

Residents experience near-daily concerns about sewage leakage, frequent boil water advisories and exposure to lead. ByRay Levy-Uyeda, PrismPublishedApril 4, 2024Cases of bottled water are handed out at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022, in Jackson, Mississippi. Brad Vest / Getty ImagesThis story was originally published at Prism.
Will COP28 Address Militarism's Effect On The Climate?

Dec 3, 2023 | znetwork.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda

The annual meeting of United Nations member countries to discuss climate change will begin on Nov. 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Known as the Conference of the Parties (COP), this is the 28th year that the most polluting countries will manage to snake through negotiations, avoiding climate responsibility and pushing calls for justice down the field. The conference will last two weeks.
COP28 Must Address the US Military as World’s Largest Institutional Emitter

Nov 29, 2023 | truthout.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda

The annual meeting of United Nations member countries to discuss climate change will begin on Nov. 30 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Known as the Conference of the Parties (COP), this is the 28th year that the most polluting countries will manage to snake through negotiations, avoiding climate responsibility and pushing calls for justice down the field. The conference will last two weeks.
To Avoid a Dystopian Climate Future, We Must First Envision the World We Want

Nov 12, 2023 | truthout.org | Kwolanne Felix |Nicholas Powers |Mike Ludwig |Ray Levy-Uyeda

When we envision a sustainable future, we can show people that there is something worth fighting for, not just against. ByKwolanne Felix, TruthoutPublishedNovember 12, 2023People are holding banner signs while they are going to a demonstration against climate change.Getty ImagesAs a climate activist struggling against slow-moving policies, influential Big Oil companies and public apathy, I’m mostly focused on stopping a future I don’t want.
Lawsuit Against Mountain Valley Pipeline Activists Sets an Alarming Precedent

Nov 10, 2023 | truthout.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda |Sam Knight |Denali Nalamalapu |Bill Kitchen

This story was originally published by Prism. A legal battle currently unfolding in southern Virginia will set the stage for future environmental protests. A Montgomery County Circuit Court judge signed an order on Nov.
‘We Say Return the Land to Make It Right’

Nov 6, 2023 | znetwork.org | Nick Tilsen |Ray Levy-Uyeda

As part of a Prism series last year, we heard from Indigenous leaders, land stewards, scholars, and practitioners of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to learn how the return of Indigenous land is integral to mitigating climate change.
“Return the Land to Make it Right”: Q&A With Indigenous Activist Nick Tilsen

Nov 5, 2023 | truthout.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda

This story was originally published at Prism. As part of a Prism series last year, we heard from Indigenous leaders, land stewards, scholars, and practitioners of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to learn how the return of Indigenous land is integral to mitigating climate change.
Indigenous Smoking Program Fosters Shift from Commercial Tobacco

Sep 10, 2023 | truthout.org | Ray Levy-Uyeda |Gigi Kellett |Anton Woronczuk |Cherise Morris

Ramona Bowles began smoking commercial cigarettes when she was a teenager. For decades, she smoked as many as four packs a day. Then in 2021, the Pine Hill Indian Tribe, the First People of Fort Jackson in South Carolina, launched a smoking cessation program to address high usage rates among tribal members like Bowles. The program offered peer support, accountability, and an Indigenous lens to tobacco use and consumption. Bowles is down to one and a half packs per day.
Few Victims of Forced Sterilization in California Have Received Reparations

Sep 5, 2023 | truthout.org | Shefali Luthra |Ray Levy-Uyeda |Ja’Loni Owens |Chris Walker

This story was originally published by The 19th. We’re telling the untold stories of women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people. Sign up for our daily newsletter. It was more money than Moonlight Pulido had ever held in her hands. Looking at the check — $15,000 from the state of California — she started to cry. Pulido, 58, had spent most of the past 30 years incarcerated, only recently being released from prison. She hoped to save most of the money.