As Border Wall Advances Across Sacred Lands, Native Activists Meet It With Prayer and Protest
Citing their rights to religious freedom, Kumeyaay and Tohono O'odham activists are using ceremony to try and slow border wall construction on their historic lands.
In ‘Dutch vs. Shell’ Case, Fossil Fuel’s Future Is on Trial
In a groundbreaking climate case, 17,000 Dutch citizens and several environmental groups are suing a major oil firm at The Hague.
“What We’re Talking About Is Whether People Are Going to Live or Die.”
Environmental groups say the Trump administration's new ethane cracker air pollution standard is far too weak. The petrochemical industry says it's too strong. Both are challenging the rule in court.
Trial of Attorney Who Fought Chevron’s Pollution in Ecuador Begins Monday
Steven Donziger may stand trial on criminal contempt charges without his own lawyer to represent him, after the judge denied his requests to postpone the case.
Secret Tribunals and Hand-Picked Arbiters: A Little-known System Undermines Environmental Regulation
Amy Westervelt interviews Marcos Orellana, United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights.
“Like a War on the Environment” —Texaco’s 30 Years in Ecuador
Decades after drilling in the Amazon, the oil production waste Texaco left behind continues to sicken Indigenous communities.
