Israel Bombs Newly Built Water Desalination Plant in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes destroyed a newly built water desalination plant in Gaza City on Aug. 24, 2026, see the video here.
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The Fight Against Google’s Minnesota Data Centers
Minnesota residents are organizing against proposed hyperscale data centers, especially Google-linked projects in Pine Island and Hermantown, citing secrecy through NDAs, inadequate environmental review, and issues with water use, electricity, noise pollution and more.
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Line 5 Pipeline Reroute Endangers Maple Trees and Native Lifeways
Ashland, Wisconsin – Northern Wisconsin residents gathered to boil maple sap along the banks of the Bad River, on Canadian oil giant Enbridge’s pipeline easement for its 41-mile Line 5 reroute on March 29, 2026. Enbridge started construction activities in late February, despite numerous ongoing…
Enbridge’s Line 5 Reroute Blasts Through Bedrock Without Permits, Threatening the Great Lakes
Washburn, WI — Copper Falls State Park sits on some of Wisconsin’s most ancient bedrock. Enbridge wants to blast through it — and admits it isn’t sure exactly where to. The Line 5 reroute is blasting into the unknown through the Penokee-Gogebic Range, one of…
Data Centers, the Climate Crisis, and Community Defense
There are 4,296 energy-sucking AI data centers in the United States at the time of this article’s publication, and the reports confirm: data centers hurt the most disenfranchised populations the most.
Activists Attempt to Storm Tesla Gigafactory in Germany
Grünheide, Germany — Over a thousand environmental protesters broke through lines of polizei and reached the outside of Tesla’s only European factory on May 10 in an action opposing Tesla’s extreme water usage and planned expansion in the area.
The protest was organized by a…
‘Teslastoppen’ Elon Musk’s Water War in the Heart of Europe
“Welcome to the Utopian Gigafactory,” reads a banner hung across a path in a Brandenburg Forest outside Berlin, Germany. At the end of the path, Tesla’s -very real- Gigafactory is visible behind the trees. The banner has been hung by activists of the “Teslastoppen” (Stop…
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Protests Against Line 5 Continue in Wisconsin and the Courtrooms
“We need to avert an oil disaster in Lake Superior. We need to save our water and our future.” That was water protector Gina Peltier’s message this summer. Peltier is one of many water protectors in the Midwest organizing against Line 5 tar sands oil…
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Acrylate Water Safety Emergency Hits Philly; Residents Scramble for Bottled Water
Philadelphia, PA — A warm and sunny Sunday afternoon was suddenly interrupted by an emergency phone alert: Philadelphia authorities warned the city water supply could be endangered and everyone should cease using drinking water after 2 p.m. Eastern time. Within minutes, people headed to grocery,…
Rally at Utah State Capitol Highlights Threats to Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake City, UT – Hundreds of local activists and concerned residents gathered at the foot of the Utah State Capitol building Jan. 14, three days before the 2023 state legislative session began, during a rally to “save our Great Salt Lake.”
Between chants and…
Two Women Seek to Decolonize Thru-Paddle and Canoe 2,552 Miles to Change the Narrative
Lake Itasca, MN – Embarking on a voyage to feminize and “decolonize” the wilderness, two women in a canoe have started their expedition down the entirety of the Mississippi River. Immigrant Indigenous Latina, Cory Maria Dack, who’s also a transracial transnational adoptee, along with Espoir…
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As Line 3 Oil Pipeline Decision Looms, Indigenous Resistance Increases
St. Paul, MN – The fate of Enbridge’s Line 3 Replacement (Oil) Pipeline, North America’s largest proposed infrastructure project, will be decided this week. The decision was originally designated to be made no later than June 27th but may be be delayed further. The Minnesota…