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December 28, 2020 Leila Salazar-López 2020 was defined by fundamental challenges and transformations. We've all had to adapt and create a new way of living and connecting. Most of us could have never imagined that caring for one another would involve so much isolation. It has become commonplace to call these times unprecedented, but Indigenous peoples had already warned us that destroying Mother Earth would have devastating consequences on our lives. More specifically, they told us that deforestation could unleash diseases that we've never known of. They showed us that pandemics and the dest...

Letter from the Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples and Amazon Watch to Anglo American The Munduruku address mining on Indigenous lands and threats to their people and territory, as Anglo American seeks at least 27 research permits in Munduruku territory December 22, 2020 In our Complicity in Destruction III report published in October 2020, the Association of Brazil's Indigenous Peoples (APIB) alongside Amazon Watch, exposed the pressure that large mining companies have exerted on Indigenous lands (TIs), fueled by Bolsonaro's efforts to open Indigenous territories to industrial minin...

December 22, 2020 Paul Paz y Miño "As my physical world has shrunk, the online world has expanded by multiples of thousands. And once I get through this, I have no doubt that Chevron will be paying this judgment such that thousands of Indigenous people and rural communities will have a clean environment and thousands of lives will be saved. That's what this is ultimately about." Steven Donziger What do you get when you beat Chevron in court? 500 days of home detention. Chevron has once again failed to greenwash its dirty reputation. This year, it even went as far as attempting to deny histor...

Amazon deforestation is up 10% this year, a 12-year high according to Brazilian satellite imagery. We talk to Moira Birss of Amazon Watch about how banks and other financial institutions such as BlackRock make this destruction possible. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

Native American protesters march against the Dakota Access oil pipeline near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, in January 2019. Appointment of a Native American interior secretary could change the government's relationship with the country's original peoples. (CNS photo/Terray Sylvester, Reuters) Editor's Note: EarthBeat Weekly is your weekly newsletter about faith and climate change. Below is the Dec. 18 edition. To receive EarthBeat Weekly in your inbox, sign up here. This week saw trailblazing choices by President-elect Joe Biden for leaders of U.S. government agencies that a...