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Steven Grattan @sjgrattan.bsky.social · 3d

Entire cultures in the Amazon could disappear without most of the world ever knowing they existed.
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What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them

A report says at least 196 uncontacted Indigenous groups remain worldwide and face growing threats from logging, mining, missionaries and organized crime.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 8d

"These investments are complicit in genocide: They are killing our culture, our history, and destroying the biodiversity of the Amazon.”

Report Reveals $2 Billion of New Financing for Oil Gas in the Amazon by Big Banks

Banks are pouring billions into oil drilling in the Amazon, endangering wildlife and Indigenous communities. #SaveTheAmazon #ClimateEmergency 🌎🌿

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 9d

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 12d

It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.

Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.

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Jonathan Watts @jonathan-watts.bsky.social · 13d

Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador are facing state intimidation

Next month’s referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution seen as president Daniel Noboa’s latest pro-extractivist move

Story by me.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Indigenous and environmental leaders in Ecuador say they are facing state intimidation

Critics say referendum on rewriting country’s eco-friendly constitution is president’s latest pro-extractivist move

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 15d

Who were the 6 people the Administration just killed without due process?

Were they children?

Were they victims of human trafficking?

WE DON’T KNOW—they refuse to show proof.

No one made Trump judge, jury & executioner. This is a gross violation of international human rights.

Trump Administration Strikes Another Boat It Says Was Trafficking Drugs

The president said that six were killed in the latest military action off the coast of Venezuela.

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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · 22d

El Pais: A just energy transition must begin from the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility. COP30 in Brazil will be a decisive test: will govts commit to declaring the Amazon a fossil-free region, or allow it to become a sacrifice zone?- K. Koenig english.elpais.com/climate/2025...

Ecuador and oil: a challenge for democracy and the Amazon

Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, more than 950,000 square kilometers have been opened for oil and gas exploration in Latin America and the Caribbean, an area larger than Venezuela

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Mongabay Latam @mongabaylatam.bsky.social · 27d

🚤🌞 Imagina navegar la #Amazonía con canoas silenciosas, limpias y sin contaminación. Así es Kara Solar, un proyecto que busca transformar el transporte en la selva ecuatoriana con energía solar.

Los detalles aquí ⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2025/10/kara...

La navegación silenciosa de Kara Solar: un proyecto que apuesta a la transición energética en la Amazonía ecuatoriana

Embarcaciones propulsadas con energía solar navegan el territorio achuar, en la Amazonía ecuatoriana, abandonando los combustibles fósiles.

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Carbon Market Watch @carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social · 27d

Representatives of the Maasai community of northern Tanzania were in Brussels to shed light on the human rights and wrongs of carbon market projects.

In collaboration with the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA), CMW was honoured to host them.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_5...

Human rights and wrongs in carbon credit projects: Testimonies from the Maasai people

YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch

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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · Sep 30

“Chijallta FICI denounces with deep pain & indignation the murder of our brother and respected community leader.” calling the killing “the most painful proof that the Government has opted for war and blood instead of listening to the just demands of the people.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists - Inside Climate News

Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organi...

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Inside Climate News @insideclimatenews.org · Sep 29

Efraín Fueres, an Indigenous land defender, was shot and killed in Ecuador on Sunday while marching in protest of high living costs and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists.

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists - Inside Climate News

Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organi...

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Sep 28

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem.

The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but deforestation has been shown to disrupt the region’s water cycle.

The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says

Experts often warn about the “tipping point” for the Amazon, a scenario in which the rainforest collapses into a drier, less biodiverse savanna ecosystem. But the term “tipping point” is sometimes…

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · Sep 26

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · Sep 25

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · Sep 23

At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’

Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · Sep 23

Our Dep. Dir. @paulpaz.bsky.social joined human rights lawyer Steven Donziger on Alec Baldwin's podcast to discuss Chevron, SLAPP suits (& the lawyers who enable them like Gibson Dunn) & the ETP v Greenpeace case. Lawfare & threats to free speech continue to grow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Paul Paz y Miño and Steven Donziger from Rainforests to Courtrooms

Podcast Episode · Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin · 09/23/2025 · 45m

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Fossil Fuel Treaty @fossiltreaty.bsky.social · Sep 22

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:

🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026

Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference

#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Sep 22

Mass protests have been held across Brazil against a bill that could grant amnesty to former president Jair Bolsonaro and others sentenced for their role in a 2023 coup attempt.

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Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · Sep 21

“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”

Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty

Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Sep 21

Researchers found that Indigenous territories can effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases if they’re located in municipalities with at least 40% forest cover.

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says

Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have…

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The Progressive Caucus @usprogressives.bsky.social · Sep 21

🚨 Following a vote, Progressive Caucus has ENDORSED Block the Bombs Act, led by @ramirez.house.gov

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · Sep 20

More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.