Category: Eco
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March to Protect The Sacred on Indigenous People’s Day 2019
Clearbrook, MN – On Indigenous People’s Day 2019, a coalition of climate activists marched to the Enbridge tar sands pipeline terminal located in Clearbrook, Minnesota. The Ginew Collective of indigenous women organized the peaceful march down 470th Street to tell Enbridge, the owner of the…
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Inaugural ‘No Uranium in Treaty Territory Summit’ Held in Rapid City
Rapid City, SD – The first-ever No Uranium in Treaty Territory Summit is taking place on Oglala Sioux Tribal land to alert the local public about the current fights against mining companies and to share knowledge about the extensive history of uranium mining in the…
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Lakota People’s Law Project Hosts Panel with Greta Thunberg & Tokata Iron Eyes
Pine Ridge, SD – On the evening of Sunday, October 6, the Lakota People’s Law Project hosted a climate change forum including a youth panel with Tokata Iron Eyes, who is a local Indigenous rights advocate and youth climate activist, as well as Swedish youth…
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“Eat the Children”: Decades of Far-Right LaRouche Provocations Renewed
New York City, NY – A disruptive comment about eating babies in order to avoid climate change during a Thursday town hall meeting with U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY14) was claimed by political action committee “LaRouche PAC“, a hub for far-right cult-like methods of organizing…
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Two Indicted For Sabotaging Dakota Access Pipeline
Des Moines, IA – Two environmental activists, Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for charges related to acts of sabotage against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in 2016 and 2017.
The two are charged with “one count of…
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CO Community Turns up Pressure on Last Day of Climate Strike
Broomfield, CO – On September 29, 2019, as a culmination to the global climate strike week of action, Colorado residents will be rallying at Anthem Community Park to exercise their first amendment rights in a public forum.
The park is adjacent to Extraction Oil &…
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Hundreds Rally in Opposition to Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota
Duluth, MN – Hundreds are gathering today along the shores of Lake Superior. The Gichi-gami (“Lake Superior” in Ojibwe) Gathering‘s goal is to bring together opponents of the Line 3 oil pipeline to express their ongoing opposition to the tar sands pipeline project.
Opponents of…
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Climate Protesters Take DC Streets Again, Target Banks Funding Fossil Fuels
Washington, DC – After Monday’s #ShutDownDC protests that blocked traffic in the USA’s capital, climate activists are again taking to the streets. A march during rush hour on Friday morning is targeting banks and institutions that activists say support the fossil fuel companies causing climate…
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Youth March for Climate Action in US Capitol
Washington, DC – Thousands have converged in the United States capitol today in a massive demonstration demanding decisive action to address climate change.
We were live for the action:
Many students have skipped school to attend as part of the international youth-led “Fridays for the…
Tree House Villages Defend Ancient German Forest Against Expanding Coal Mine
Hambach Forest, Germany РDays after witnessing a massive direct action known as Ende Gelaende, where thousands of climate justice activists stormed coal infrastructure near M̦nchengladbach, Germany, Unicorn Riot traveled 200km southeast to the 12,000-year-old Hambach Forest.
The Hambach, like many forests around the world,…
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Accelerating Climate Change is Transforming Iceland’s Ecosystem
Reykjavik, Iceland – Unicorn Riot went to Iceland to take an in-depth look at the consequences of human-caused climate change. There we spoke with Dr. Halldór Björnsson, leader of the atmospheric & climate research group of the Iceland Meteorological office, who called Iceland “ground zero” for…
