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Indigenous People Are Leading the End of the Fossil Fuel Era in the Amazon | Opinion
The path forward is simple and urgent. Governments must declare the Amazon and Indigenous territories no-go zones for fossil fuels.
www.newsweek.com
Indigenous People Are Leading the End of the Fossil Fuel Era in the Amazon | Opinion in Newsweek by Leila Salazar-Lopez and Patricia Gualinga
#COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon
www.newsweek.com/indigenous-p...
#COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon
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More dirty underhanded tactics from a dirty fossil fuel company trying to destroy climate activism. “These cases... have this systemic impact on democracy because they work to block accountability & shut down information about corporations, politicians or other[s]....” drilled.media/news/SLAPPd-...
Inside a Pipeline Giant’s Bid to Block Greenpeace’s Historic Anti-Intimidation Lawsuit
A Fieldnotes investigation reveals Energy Transfer is using an astroturf group run by a powerful DC shadow lobbying firm in a bid to block a first-of-its-kind countersuit in the Netherlands.
drilled.media
January 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
More dirty underhanded tactics from a dirty fossil fuel company trying to destroy climate activism. “These cases... have this systemic impact on democracy because they work to block accountability & shut down information about corporations, politicians or other[s]....” drilled.media/news/SLAPPd-...
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Right now at Chevron’s Richmond refinery: #HandsOffVenezuela #BoycottChevron
January 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Right now at Chevron’s Richmond refinery: #HandsOffVenezuela #BoycottChevron
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Big Oil has distanced itself from the raid in Venezuela, and people are buying that they might not actually want in.
Huge thanks to journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social, an expert in wars fought over oil, for talking with me about what's actually going on here.
for ExxonKnews & @levernews.com
Huge thanks to journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social, an expert in wars fought over oil, for talking with me about what's actually going on here.
for ExxonKnews & @levernews.com
On Venezuela and ‘the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us’
Author and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, an expert in wars fought over oil, weighs in on U.S. oil companies’ efforts to distance themselves from Trump’s raid in Venezuela.
www.exxonknews.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Big Oil has distanced itself from the raid in Venezuela, and people are buying that they might not actually want in.
Huge thanks to journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social, an expert in wars fought over oil, for talking with me about what's actually going on here.
for ExxonKnews & @levernews.com
Huge thanks to journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social, an expert in wars fought over oil, for talking with me about what's actually going on here.
for ExxonKnews & @levernews.com
"A Venezuelan oil industry controlled by Trump and his cronies won’t benefit ordinary Venezuelans or Americans. Instead, it will enrich oil company executives and elites while destabilizing the country and worsening the climate crisis." - @oilchange.bsky.social oilchange.org/blogs/trump-...
Trump’s reckless grab for power, riches, and oil in Venezuela
Who stands to profit, and who stands to pay? “Ten years from now, twenty years from now, you will see; oil will bring us ruin. Oil is the Devil's excrement" – Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonso…
oilchange.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"A Venezuelan oil industry controlled by Trump and his cronies won’t benefit ordinary Venezuelans or Americans. Instead, it will enrich oil company executives and elites while destabilizing the country and worsening the climate crisis." - @oilchange.bsky.social oilchange.org/blogs/trump-...
We're outraged by the illegal military action perpetrated by the Trump administration against Venezuela. #TakeAction: Sign the petition- demand Congress speak out against military action in Venezuela and elsewhere. (National Campaign for Justice) actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stand Up and Speak Out. Demand Congress Stop Trump's Illegal War Now.
The Trump administration carried out military strikes on Venezuela targeting the capital city of Caracas directly. Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife were abducted by US armed forces to st...
actionnetwork.org
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
We're outraged by the illegal military action perpetrated by the Trump administration against Venezuela. #TakeAction: Sign the petition- demand Congress speak out against military action in Venezuela and elsewhere. (National Campaign for Justice) actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
“If oil production goes up, climate change will get worse & everybody loses, including the people of Venezuela. The climate damages suffered by Venezuela, along with other countries, will almost certainly outweigh any short-term economic benefit...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:10 PM
“If oil production goes up, climate change will get worse & everybody loses, including the people of Venezuela. The climate damages suffered by Venezuela, along with other countries, will almost certainly outweigh any short-term economic benefit...” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"Although a step in the right direction, the changes fall far short of what is needed to prevent violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights & halt large scale destruction of critical ecosystems like the Amazon biome-accelerating toward a catastrophic tipping point."
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Small Steps Made, Big Leaps Needed: JPMorgan Chase Reveals Policy Shifts | Amazon Watch
The changes fall far short of what is needed to prevent violations of Indigenous peoples' rights and to halt large scale destruction of critical ecosystems like the Amazon biome.
amazonwatch.org
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Although a step in the right direction, the changes fall far short of what is needed to prevent violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights & halt large scale destruction of critical ecosystems like the Amazon biome-accelerating toward a catastrophic tipping point."
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
"These tragedies reveal an undeniable truth: no matter how much money is mobilized, the social, environmental, cultural and economic damage caused by oil extraction is irreversible." - Olivia Bisa, First Woman Leader of the Chapra Nation #EndFossilFuels www.thebanker.com/content/d9fe...
The Amazon must become an exclusion zone for fossil finance
Indigenous leader urges banks to adopt ‘robust’ exclusion policies for financing Amazon oil and gas
www.thebanker.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"These tragedies reveal an undeniable truth: no matter how much money is mobilized, the social, environmental, cultural and economic damage caused by oil extraction is irreversible." - Olivia Bisa, First Woman Leader of the Chapra Nation #EndFossilFuels www.thebanker.com/content/d9fe...
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💥NEW EPISODE💥
Chevron Awarded $220 Million in Amazon Pollution Case in Ecuador w/ @amazonwatch.org’s @paulpaz.bsky.social
🎙️: bit.ly/48XDy3d
Chevron Awarded $220 Million in Amazon Pollution Case in Ecuador w/ @amazonwatch.org’s @paulpaz.bsky.social
🎙️: bit.ly/48XDy3d
December 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
💥NEW EPISODE💥
Chevron Awarded $220 Million in Amazon Pollution Case in Ecuador w/ @amazonwatch.org’s @paulpaz.bsky.social
🎙️: bit.ly/48XDy3d
Chevron Awarded $220 Million in Amazon Pollution Case in Ecuador w/ @amazonwatch.org’s @paulpaz.bsky.social
🎙️: bit.ly/48XDy3d
Indigenous People Are Leading the End of the Fossil Fuel Era in the Amazon | Opinion in Newsweek by Leila Salazar-Lopez and Patricia Gualinga
#COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon
www.newsweek.com/indigenous-p...
#COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon
www.newsweek.com/indigenous-p...
Indigenous People Are Leading the End of the Fossil Fuel Era in the Amazon | Opinion
The path forward is simple and urgent. Governments must declare the Amazon and Indigenous territories no-go zones for fossil fuels.
www.newsweek.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Indigenous People Are Leading the End of the Fossil Fuel Era in the Amazon | Opinion in Newsweek by Leila Salazar-Lopez and Patricia Gualinga
#COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon
www.newsweek.com/indigenous-p...
#COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon
www.newsweek.com/indigenous-p...
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Have you ever had a bad neighbor? The kind that makes you sick, literally?
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
December 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Have you ever had a bad neighbor? The kind that makes you sick, literally?
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities.
Read More:
www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...
From Self-Government to Climate Leadership: The Wampis Nation’s Story
#AmazonCrime #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
#AmazonCrime #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
From Self-Government to Climate Leadership: The Wampis Nation’s Story | Amazon Watch
“For us, the Wampis, autonomy means living in freedom and peace as we have inherited our territory. It means being free from pollution and deciding our own future, for ourselves, but also for all of h...
amazonwatch.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
From Self-Government to Climate Leadership: The Wampis Nation’s Story
#AmazonCrime #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
#AmazonCrime #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
BREAKING: Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities | Amazon Watch
Brazil’s largest Indigenous organizations warn that the amendment dismantles the country’s constitutional framework for territorial protection.
amazonwatch.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
BREAKING: Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
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Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade.
'It’s not safe to live here.' Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders
Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade.
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"A debt is not owed to Chevron. A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation."
'Defeat for Justice': Ecuador to Pay Amazon-Polluting Chevron $220 Million
"A debt is not owed to Chevron. A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation."
www.commondreams.org
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"A debt is not owed to Chevron. A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation."
Amazon Watch Responds to Reports That Ecuador Told To Pay $220 Million to Chevron. “We stand with affected communities & urge Pres. Noboa to reject this illegitimate award & enforce Ecuadorian law by ensuring Chevron pays its debt to those it poisoned.” amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Amazon Watch Responds to Reports That Ecuador Told To Pay $220 Million to Chevron | Amazon Watch
“A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation."
amazonwatch.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Amazon Watch Responds to Reports That Ecuador Told To Pay $220 Million to Chevron. “We stand with affected communities & urge Pres. Noboa to reject this illegitimate award & enforce Ecuadorian law by ensuring Chevron pays its debt to those it poisoned.” amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
BREAKING: notoriously corporate-friendly & undemocratic investor arbitration panel announced the people of Ecuador should pay gross polluter Chevron $220 million because they successfully sued for deliberately dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste in the Amazon. (1/3)
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
BREAKING: notoriously corporate-friendly & undemocratic investor arbitration panel announced the people of Ecuador should pay gross polluter Chevron $220 million because they successfully sued for deliberately dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste in the Amazon. (1/3)
[email protected]: Colombian authorities must go beyond providing bodyguards & prosecute those behind threats & attacks on defenders & alleged links between the Commandos, multinational oil & mining companies accused of enviro damage should be investigated... apnews.com/article/colo...
'It’s not safe to live here.' Colombia is deadliest country for environmental defenders
Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
[email protected]: Colombian authorities must go beyond providing bodyguards & prosecute those behind threats & attacks on defenders & alleged links between the Commandos, multinational oil & mining companies accused of enviro damage should be investigated... apnews.com/article/colo...
This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like
Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried #COP30 on their shoulders.
Amazon Watch at COP. #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried #COP30 on their shoulders.
Amazon Watch at COP. #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like | Amazon Watch
“We’re very happy that our lands advanced in the demarcation process, but there are so many lands that still need to be recognized and demarcated in Brazil.”
amazonwatch.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like
Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried #COP30 on their shoulders.
Amazon Watch at COP. #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried #COP30 on their shoulders.
Amazon Watch at COP. #EyeOnTheAmazon
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...
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Add several more zeros and you’re getting close. Chevron is a global corporate criminal responsible for death and environmental destruction across the globe (much of it deliberate). #EndChevron
“Chevron fined $900K for Richmond refinery violations”
www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
“Chevron fined $900K for Richmond refinery violations”
www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Add several more zeros and you’re getting close. Chevron is a global corporate criminal responsible for death and environmental destruction across the globe (much of it deliberate). #EndChevron
“Chevron fined $900K for Richmond refinery violations”
www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
“Chevron fined $900K for Richmond refinery violations”
www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...
Today is #GivingTuesday 💚 Be part of the solution for the Amazon: advancing Indigenous rights, protecting the Amazon, and safeguarding the global climate! All donations matched today up to $50,000! amazonwatch.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today is #GivingTuesday 💚 Be part of the solution for the Amazon: advancing Indigenous rights, protecting the Amazon, and safeguarding the global climate! All donations matched today up to $50,000! amazonwatch.org/donate
More than four centuries ago, Spanish colonizers tried to force their way into Wampís territory in search of gold. The Wampís defeated them and were never conquered. That legacy of resistance continues today. 🌿⚡️
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
More than four centuries ago, Spanish colonizers tried to force their way into Wampís territory in search of gold. The Wampís defeated them and were never conquered. That legacy of resistance continues today. 🌿⚡️
“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on #COP30 Protest.
#IndigenousLandRightsNOW
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/i...
#IndigenousLandRightsNOW
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/i...
“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on COP30
Thousands of Amazonian land defenders, both Indigenous peoples and their allies, have traveled to the COP30 U.N. climate conference in Belém, Brazil. On Friday night, an Indigenous-led march arrived a...
www.democracynow.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on #COP30 Protest.
#IndigenousLandRightsNOW
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/i...
#IndigenousLandRightsNOW
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/i...
Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch: “We really try to have a united front on the need to get off fossil fuels, whether that’s the Amazon or California.” [We're] pushing lawmakers to turn the resolution into a formal task force on Amazon-related extraction & CA’s role in it. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
The Belém-to-Bakersfield pipeline
California is primed for a debate over how much oil it should source from the Amazon.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch: “We really try to have a united front on the need to get off fossil fuels, whether that’s the Amazon or California.” [We're] pushing lawmakers to turn the resolution into a formal task force on Amazon-related extraction & CA’s role in it. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
They are calling “to end the persecution of our land defenders,” says Diana Chávez, member of the Pastaza Kichwa Nation, with Pakkiru, an Indigenous organization based in Ecuador’s Amazon. “We’re fighting to keep our territories.” #DefendEarthDefenders www.democracynow.org/2025/11/18/e...
Indigenous Leaders Demand Greater Role at U.N. Climate Talks
We speak with one of the Indigenous leaders at the U.N. climate summit in Belém for the climate negotiations, in greater numbers than ever before, taking center stage at COP30. They are calling “to en...
www.democracynow.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
They are calling “to end the persecution of our land defenders,” says Diana Chávez, member of the Pastaza Kichwa Nation, with Pakkiru, an Indigenous organization based in Ecuador’s Amazon. “We’re fighting to keep our territories.” #DefendEarthDefenders www.democracynow.org/2025/11/18/e...