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Pressure Builds to Protect Manoomin (Wild Rice)
St. Paul, MN — With only 24 hours notice, advocates mostly associated with Rise and Repair Alliance packed the hearing room for the fourth time at the Minnesota Senate Building on May 1, 2025. Activists have been showing up to meetings since the start of…
Rise and Repair Alliance Advocates for Wild Rice Protection Act
Saint Paul, MN — Urging Minnesota legislators to adopt bills related to environmental conservation at the start of a new legislative session, the Rise and Repair Alliance gathered at the Minnesota State Capitol on January 14, 2025. For many activists present, the main focus was…
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Permit for Pipeline Reconstruction Near Sacred Pipestone Site Rescinded After Tribal Pushback
St. Paul, MN — Following sustained opposition from Indigenous nations, community groups, and environmental advocates, Minnesota regulators rescinded a controversial permit that would have allowed Magellan Pipeline Company to reconstruct a petroleum pipeline near the Pipestone National Monument, a sacred resource to tribes conducting ceremony.…
Parents of Forest Defender Killed by Police File Civil Rights Lawsuit
DeKalb County, GA – The parents of slain forest defender Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Paez Terán filed a civil rights lawsuit Tuesday against three Georgia law enforcement officers they say are most responsible for the death of their child in January 2023.
Nearly two years after police…
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‘Little choice but to accept a bad deal’: Developing Countries and Activists Dismissed at COP29
Baku, Azerbaijan — The 29th Conference of the Parties, the world’s biggest climate conference, took place in Azerbaijan from November 11 to 22, and left developing countries and grassroots activists feeling dismissed. The conference ended with wealthier polluting nations agreeing to give developing countries $300…
‘Northumberland 2’ Free on Bail After Alleged Mink Release in PA Felony Case
Northumberland County, PA — Two women from Massachusetts were freed on bail last week after the alleged October 19 release of over 600 mink from the Richard H. Stahl & Sons, Inc. fur farm near Sunbury, off Pennsylvania State Route 890. State prosecutors charged Celeste…