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Thousands of jobs lost as economy shifts to renewable energy‘Our workforce has the skills needed to transform the economy’Coalmining communities have called for immediate action to stem the economic devastation wrought...

Expansion of drilling in New Mexico would threaten sacred artefacts and bring public health risks to area still reeling from Covid-19

Army corps of engineers ordered to conduct full environmental review, which could take years

Native American leaders in Montana believe the Keystone oil pipeline puts them in grave danger - but they are up against powerful business interests

Photographer Josué Rivas spent seven months documenting the Native American community that came together to protest against the controversial Dakota pipeline...

A land battle in British Columbia could afford indigenous people residing in the United States rights in Canada. Rick Desautel, an American citizen who identifies as Sinixt, shot an elk in Canada 40 miles north of the border,...

New genetic evidence suggests that all people of Native or indigenous descent in North America are descendants of a single migratory group that arrived on the continent around 20,000 years ago...

The homes of the future will be smart, responsive, and even save us money. University of Maryland students let us take a peek into what the future may hold with reACT, a smart sustainable home that rethinks architecture as...

President Donald Trump brags about bringing back coal jobs, but tends to gloss over the fuel's negative health effects for workers and those who live nearby...

The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians have lived on the Isle of Jean Charles for almost 200 years. 100 miles south of New Orleans, the small island has been steadily disappearing over the past half century. After decades...

Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project to expand system’s crude oil capacity is ‘all risk and no reward’ for tribes, who were not consulted, lawyer notes

Last night, actor and eco-defender Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor in a Drama for The Revenant at the Golden Globes. He seized the opportunity during his acceptance speech to speak out for First Nations peoples, calling...

After centuries of abuse of Mother Earth, we must draw on First Nations people’s perspective of earth’s sacredness for our collective survival

The Make It Right nonprofit founded by Brad Pitt is partnering with the Sioux and Assiniboine tribes of Fort Peck, Montana, to build sustainable homes, buildings and communities on their reservation...

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