Blog News: Oil and Gas banned from Juruá Valley

Oil and Gas banned from Juruá Valley, in the Brazilian Amazon: 

Last December, the indigenous peoples of the Javari Valley requested 350.org to help them defend against the threat of exploitation of oil and gas in their territories. We were given a mission to help make their voices heard worldwide. The Javari Valley is a region in the far west of Brazil, in Amazonas state, which...

 

Update editing March 8, 2023

Blog News: Earth Justice & Tenth Circuit Court

Court Says BLM Must Survey Utah’s Red Rock Country for Cultural Artifacts: 

For decades, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has allowed four-wheelers and dirt bikes to carve up Utah’s red rock country—creating a spider’s web of dirt trails—without first ensuring that archaeological sites and artifacts from early Native American communities are identified and protected from damage and looting. As the result of a recent order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, this is about to change.

Update editing March 8, 2023