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The Native American Rights Fund will develop new model protocols to protect Indigenous cultural and sacred sites.

The new president sacrificed bold executive action to try to win over Congress.

Rio Tinto’s proposed copper mine in Arizona has become the cause célèbre in a global trend of activism that threatens to derail the solution to climate change.

The Illinois River stretches some 56 miles from its headwaters east and south of Cave Junction to its confluence with the Rogue River near Agness. Its Wild and Scenic Section flows through a steep ca...

If you're like me, when you hear the words "environmental justice" what first forms in your mind are pictures of polluting factories and power...

Climate pledges are driving an enormous hunger for lithium, cobalt, and critical minerals that are used in everything from EV batteries to wind turbines. 2021 was a big year for the new clean energy mining boom.

As miners chase clean-energy minerals, tribes fear a repeat of the past

Our hardest-hitting, most in-depth and unique stories are reserved for paying subscribers who support this work. Here are some of our best in 2021.

Mining interests have long overrun tribal rights in Idaho, and as the Biden administration seeks to start a revolution in renewable energy, tribes worry about the past being repeated.

Mining the minerals that may be needed for a green energy revolution could devastate tribal lands. The Biden administration will be forced to choose.