California tribes celebrate historic dam removal: ‘More successful than we ever imagined’
After four dams were blasted from the Klamath River, the work to restore the ecosystem is under way
WPLC's Response to ET Motion to Enforce
ET Emergency Motion to Enforce Protective Order
Motion to Intervene and Lift Protective Order in Energy Transfer LP et al. v. Greenpeace et al.
1.4M gallons of fluid leaked from Dakota Access drilling, report says
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, which wants the oil pipeline shut down, says spills near Lake Oahe were environmental violations.
Water Protectors Use Novel Legal Tactic to Challenge the Dakota Access Pipeline
Eight years after Standing Rock, water protectors are using novel anti-SLAPP laws to help expose the secrets oil companies want to hide.
Why Clean Energy Projects Are Stalling Out on Native Lands
The urgency of the green transition hasn’t made tribal concerns any less important.
A fire at the center : solidarity, whiteness, and becoming a water protector : a memoir - Karen Irene Van Fossan
"In 1987, when Karen Van Fossan's teenage identity was stolen in a botched bank robbery, she maintained an unquestioning allegiance to the colonial legal system. In 2021, when she found herself in a jail cell on a Water Protector charge, she had long since been a resister of her own colonial culture. But what does it mean, as a descendent of colonialism, to seek to be un-colonial?"--
Indigenous Resilience Center puts tribes first in several water solutions projects
Leaders from the Indigenous Resilience Center shared at the One Water Summit about their efforts to work with tribal communities on water audits, filtration systems, and other solutions.
Dundon appeal | Water Protector Lega
Arizona v. Navajo Nation: A Conflict of Water Rights - HeinOnline Blog
In Arizona v. Navajo Nation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Indigenous tribe in their quest to assert their water rights.
Solving water challenges is complex – learn how law, health, climate and Indigenous rights all intersect in developing solutions
A webinar hosted by The Conversation brings together experts in law, health, policy and Indigenous affairs to explain some of the most pressing problems related to water in the US.
Navajo president presses Congress for more time, money for pipeline
Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren asked senators for more funding and time for a pipeline project that would supply water to a quarter of a million people across Arizona and New Mexico.