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  1. Honoring the #Movements and People who Inspire us. #Warriors, #Writers and #Dreamers -- A Thread Runs Through Them. #CensoredNews 20th Anniversary.

    'Know who you are, and never let anyone take your power from you.'

    By #BrendaNorrell, Censored News, August 30, 2026

    "We're coming up on our 20th anniversary at Censored News, and we are honoring the warriors, leaders, writers and dreamers who make Censored News possible.

    When the Mohawks came for the border summit in 2006 and 2007, it was, as they say in the movie Casablanca, the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

    Along with the Mohawks, leaders, writers and dreamers through the years became a sort of collective which makes Censored News what it is, a service to #IndigenousPeople and #HumanRights.

    We lost many of our best, #Lakota Warrior Woman #DebWhitePlume, our longtime friend #KleeBenally, our French translator #ChristinePrat, and many more. But thanks to those who keep sharing their work, we keep Censored News going. This summer our page views increased by millions, thanks to their labors of love.

    Today, we celebrate the movements and people who inspire us, as we celebrate our 20 Year Anniversary at Censored News."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/08

    To donate - [email protected] via PayPal. Link to donations page:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/08

    #IndigenousNews #ReaderSupportedNews #MicheleCook #OfeliaRivas #FloydWesterman #TohonoOodhamNation #BorderPatrol #Diné #Navajo #IndigenousActivists #LandDefenders #WaterDefenders #LandIsLife #WaterIsLife #MniWiconi #Marcos #Mexico #Chiapas #Maori #Aotearoa #IndigenousResistance #NoBorders #LeaveItInTheGround #StandWithStandingRock #StandingRock

  2. Ich habe ja immer wieder mal über moderne #Frachtsegelschiffe getrötet. Jetzt hat der engagierte @ghonsel bei @t3n eine schöne Übersicht über etliche dieser (neuen und alten) #Segelschiff:e zusammengestellt, inkl. toller Bildergalerie! Die Antriebskonzepte und Größen der Transporter der Meere variieren stark. Gemeinsam ist ihnen: #sailMore #lessfuel! Denn das idR verwendete Bunker-Öl/Schweröl ist nicht nur klimaschädlich, sondern auch besonderes umweltschädlich.

    t3n.de/news/segelschiffe-frach

    #Schifffahrt #Klimakrise #Umweltschutz #leaveitintheground

  3. @CiaraNi

    This will have been the coldest summer for the rest of our lives, and for our children

    And theirs

    And theirs

    And theirs

    For 30 or 40 generations.

    If tomorrow, we redoubled our efforts to mitigate, to reverse Anthropogenic Global Climate Extinction, and again the day after, and the day after, and.... Their children might be the first generation to see some slight improvement.

    It took us 150-200 years to really fuck up this planet spewing fossil fuel crap into the atmosphere with zero regard. It's going to take a lot longer to unfuck it, if we even bother trying.

    If.

    #JustStopOil
    #StopBurningStuff
    #LeaveItInTheGround

    #NeverVoteConservative
    #MakeConservativesUnemployedAgain

    #EndAllOligarchs

  4. @gerrymcgovern

    The Impending Anthropocene Extinction is almost completely caused by Climate Change, which is almost completely caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

    #JustStopOil
    #StopBurningStuff
    #LeaveItInTheGround

  5. @petergleick it is my hope that this is where all the terrible drama brings us to → that watershed moment where we not only decide about a different energy future, but also (and finally) about a different source material for all the things we use and need every day #plastics #leaveitintheground

  6. "Climate and environmental groups were quick to caution that the fund must not become a further “backdoor” subsidy for “dead-end” oil pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.

    “The public should be very wary of investing their own money or taxpayer dollars into oil and gas projects with no business case," Conor Curtis, director of communications at Sierra Club Canada, said in a statement."

    nationalobserver.com/2026/04/2
    #oilandgas #canpoli cdnpoli #leaveitintheground

  7. Does anyone have anything good to say about the Sovereign Wealth Fund Carney is crowing about? Usually Sovereign wealth funds transfer money from the rich and corps through the state to the people... esp when using public resources. In Canada's case it appears that the sovereign wealth fund is to move money from avg tax payers TO big corps and the rich to "build things"... and improve the shareholder's bottom line. Hmmmm...

    “The Canada Strong Fund is a sovereign wealth fund in name only,” she said. Her organization had issued a report earlier this month calling for a wealth fund modelled after those in place in Norway and Singapore.

    “What was announced today is closer to a war bond, with Canadians buying equity in projects the government is already trying to get off the ground,” she said."

    theglobeandmail.com/politics/a

    #canpoli #leaveitintheground

  8. #NewIntroduction

    Hi I’m Adam. I taught film and culture at a small college, and now clean and maintain the facilities at Centre des Arts Visuels, in Westmount.

    Music/audio and interactive sculpture are my creative practices.

    I’m straight, but not narrow. Until women, the differently-abled, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Trans Folx & Worker’s rights are universally protected, no human is really free.

    We are in a climate crisis. #LessIsMore #LeaveItInTheGround
    #Vaccinate #BeKind #Equity #Resist 🇨🇦

  9. 10 or even 20 years ago was the best time for #Canada to double, indeed triple down on #GreenEnergy production (Like #China has done. Their Green Energy Sector growth has been so successful, they often have to deal with Over Production. What a terrible fate to endure eh.... )

    The 2nd best time for Canada to double, indeed triple down, is right fkn NOW!

    #EndOilAndGas
    #StopBurningStuff
    #LeaveItInTheGround
    #GreenEnergyNow

  10. @somtwo well the exact opposite of renewable is disposable so I guess they're correct :akko_fistup: #leaveitintheground

  11. [LIVE] #NationalDayOfMourning 2025, (27 November 25 @ 12pm ET)

    "Since 1970, Indigenous people & their allies have gathered at noon on Cole's Hill in Plymouth to commemorate a National Day of Mourning on the US Thanksgiving holiday. Many Native people do not celebrate the arrival of the Pilgrims & other European settlers. Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the genocide of millions of Native people, the theft of Native lands and the erasure of Native cultures. Participants in National Day of Mourning honor Indigenous ancestors and Native resilience. It is a day of remembrance and spiritual connection, as well as a protest against the racism and oppression that Indigenous people continue to experience worldwide."

    National Day of Mourning
    Thursday, November 27, 2025
    12:00 Noon
    Cole's Hill (above Plymouth Rock), Plymouth, MA

    Livestream: youtube.com/live/6u-jF6pHDBg

    #UnitedAmericanIndiansOfNewEngland #UAINE #PlymouthMassachusetts #ClimateJustice #DayOfMourning #NoDAPL #LandBack
    #DefendTheSacred #MMIWG #NoPipelines #LeaveItInTheGround #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #LoveYourMotherEarth #ResistWhiteSupremacy #CorporateColonialism #Capitalism
    #NativeAmericanActivism #DayOfMourning #Solidarity #WeWillContinue #PlymouthRock
    #Wampanoag #FrankJames #FrankWamsuttaJames
    #SettlerColonialism #IndigenousHistory
    #AmericanHistory #Mayflower
    #ThanksgivingMyth #InTheSpiritOfMetacom #LGBTQ #TwoSpirits #MMIWG #LandBack #Resistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #CorporateColonialism #Capitalism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #ColonialismIsACrime #IndigenousResistance #DefendTheSacred #ManifestDestiny

  12. ORIENTATION FOR NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING 11/27/25

    WHAT IS NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING?

    An annual tradition since 1970, National Day of Mourning is a solemn, spiritual and highly political day. Many of us fast from sundown the day before through the afternoon of that day (and have a social after NDOM so that participants in NDOM can break their fasts). We are mourning our ancestors and the genocide of our peoples and the theft of our lands. NDOM is a day when we mourn, but we also feel our strength in action and solidarity.

    WHEN AND WHERE IS DAY OF MOURNING?

    Thursday, November 27, 2025 (U.S. "thanksgiving" day) at Cole's Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 12 noon SHARP. Cole's Hill is the hill above Plymouth Rock in the Plymouth historic waterfront area. The rallies and marches will last until approximately 3 pm.

    WILL THERE BE A MARCH?

    Yes, there will be a march through the historic district of Plymouth. Plymouth agreed, as part of the settlement of 10/19/98, that UAINE may march on National Day of Mourning without the need for a permit as long as we give the town advance notice.

    PROGRAM

    Although we very much welcome our non-Native supporters to join us, it is a day when only Indigenous people speak about our history and the struggles that are taking place throughout the Americas. Speakers are by invitation only. This year's NDOM will be livestreamed from Plymouth.

    Note that NDOM is not a powwow or commercial event, so we ask that people do not sell merchandise or distribute leaflets at the outdoor program. We will have UAINE t-shirts available for sale following the march.
    We also ask that you do not eat (unless you must do so for medical reasons) at the outdoor speak-out and march out of respect for the participants who are fasting.
    Dress for the weather!

    SOCIAL

    There will be box lunches available for distribution after the march (turkey and vegan), but we will not have a full sit-down social.

    FMI - www.uaine.org

    #NativeAmericanActivism #DayOfMourning #Solidarity #WeWillContinue #PlymouthRock
    #Wampanoag #FrankJames #FrankWamsuttaJames
    #SettlerColonialism #IndigenousHistory
    #AmericanHistory #Mayflower
    #ThanksgivingMyth #InTheSpiritOfMetacom #LGBTQ #TwoSpirits #MMIWG #LandBack #Resistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #CorporateColonialism #Capitalism #NoMiningWithoutConsent #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #LeaveItInTheGround #ColonialismIsACrime #IndigenousResistance #DefendTheSacred #ManifestDestiny

  13. Nicht nur die #Bioenergie-Branche übertreibt es anlässlich der Umsetzung des #EU-#Gaspaket:s, wenn sie sich aus Sorge um mangelnden Netzzugang komplett gegen die Stilllegung von #Gasnetzen wehrt: Das Stilllegen von #fossilFuels Kapazitäten muss auch in ihrem Sinne sein, sonst hat sie jegliche Glaubwürdigkeit als #Klimaschützer verloren!

    Auch die #VerbraucherzentraleBundesverband @Bundesverband schießt hier etwas übers Ziel hinaus, wenn sie mindestens 10 Jahre Kündigungsfrist für Gasanschlüsse UND finanzielle Entschädigung bei Stilllegung funktionierender Gasheizungen fordert! Denn 1️⃣. wissen alle, die in den letzten 5-10a eine #Gasheizung eingebaut haben, dass #FossilesGas immer teurer wird, und haben sich im Zweifel bewusst und fahrlässig für die #klimaschädliche Option entschieden. 2️⃣. haben sich #Gasheizungen irgendwann wirtschaftlich abbezahlt, selbst wenn sie weiter funktionieren, und bis die Regeln greifen plus Kündiungsfrist, dürfte dies ganz überwiegend der Fall sein. Und 3️⃣. muss der Schutz vor fossilen Preissprüngen (alle Lehren aus der "Energiekrise" schon wieder vergessen?) im originären Interesse der #Verbraucherschützer liegen.

    Komplett lost sind naturgemäß die Aussagen des #Gas-#Lobby-Verbands #DVGW, wenn der meint, es sei unklar, "nach welchen Kriterien eine „dauerhafte Verringerung der Erdgasnachfrage“ erwartet werden muss." Nein, das ist völlig klar: es geht einfach immer konstant nach unten, bis in sehr naher Zukunft keinerlei (fossiles) Gas mehr verbrannt werden darf! Lässt sich aus dem gültigen #KSG, #GEG, und untergesetzlichen Regeln wie der #BEW ableiten! Insofern kann der Lobbyverband eigentlich schonmal seine eigene Auflösungs-Strategie vorbereiten., kleiner Service-Tipp!

    Schnipsel aus dem heutigen Background #KlimaEnergie des #Tagesspiegel, thx dafür!

    #GasExit #Fossilfree #leaveitintheground #Wärmwende #Energiesicherheit #Resilienz #Energieunabhängigkeit #Gasnetzausstieg @tschuesserdgas @berliner_wassertisch

  14. #SanCarlosApache Tribe welcomes Federal Court ruling delaying trade of sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed #ResolutionCopper

    By San Carlos Apache Tribe, Censored News, June 9, 2025

    #SanCarlosApacheNation, #Arizona — "The San Carlos Apache Tribe welcomes Friday’s federal court ruling preventing the Trump Administration from trading sacred Oak Flat to Chinese-backed Resolution #CopperMining no sooner than 60 days after the government releases an environmental report expected to be published later this month.

    "The #Trump Administration had indicated that it intended to trade 2,422 acres of #TontoNationalForest 70 miles east of #PhoenixAZ that includes Oak Flat to Resolution Copper immediately upon publication of the mine’s updated environmental report.

    U.S. District Court Judge Dominic W. Lanza’s order 'preclude(s) the United States Forest Service from proceeding with the challenged land exchange until 60 days after the issuance of the Final Environmental Impact Statement, which is anticipated to be issued on June 16.'

    " 'We are grateful that Judge Lanza has provided us an opportunity to be heard,' said San Carlos Apache Tribe Chairman Terry Rambler. 'The two-month window provides the Tribe an opportunity to file an amended lawsuit challenging the legality of the pending environmental report and request an injunction to stop the land exchange until the merits of our case are settled.'

    "The Oak Flat land transfer was mandated by a last-minute amendment to the FY2015 #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct that was added by the late Arizona Senator #JohnMcCain and former Arizona Senator #JeffFlake. The land transfer provision, which failed to pass Congress in previous years, avoided the normal course of business and was not debated before it was added to the mustsign [#NDAA] defense spending bill that was signed into law by President Barack #Obama.

    " 'The bill that authorized the land exchange is not in the best interest of the American people, Arizona or the San Carlos Apache Tribe,' Chairman Rambler stated. 'We have filed this lawsuit because of our concerns of the mine’s massive use of groundwater, which will be devastating for both Arizona
    and eventually the Tribe. We are also deeply concerned about the environmental destruction and the obliteration of Oak Flat will have on Apache culture and religion.'

    "Resolution plans to collapse Oak Flat, known as Chi’chil Biłdagoteel in Apache, into a two-mile wide, 1,100-foot-deep crater. Chi’chil Biłdagoteel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a Traditional Cultural Place.

    "Resolution Copper is owned by Melbourne-based #BHP (45%) and London-based #RioTinto (55%), the two largest mining companies in the world. The Chinese state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China, which spearheads China’s acquisition of strategic minerals worldwide, is Rio Tinto’s single largest investor with a 14.6% stake. Both BHP and Rio Tinto rely on China for the majority of their revenue.

    " 'We fully expect Resolution’s copper to be exported to China, which poses a national security threat,' Chairman Rambler said. “The United States already exports 30 percent of the copper produced by U.S. mines because of a lack of copper smelting capacity.

    "'The Trump Administration’s Oak Flat appraisal concludes that Resolution’s copper will be exported to southeast Asia,' Chairman Rambler added. 'It’s clearly in the best interest of the United States to withhold publication of the Resolution environmental report at least until there is a change in the ownership of this project to companies that are not reliant on China for more than half their business.' "

    Source:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06

    #Fight4OurExistence #ProtectOakFlat #LandBack #sacredland #OakFlat
    #SaveOakFlat #SanCarlosApache #Apache #ReligiousLiberty #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews
    #ProtectTheSacred #ApacheStronghold #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #RioTinto #CopperMining #Arizona #LeaveItInTheGround #ChichilBildagoteel #WesternApaches #BecketLaw #ResolutionCopper #USPol #MiningTheSacred #NationalForests #CorporateLandGrabs #CorporateColonialism #CulturalGenocide #McCainShame

  15. We live in a f*cked up world when #Republican #SCOTUS members are the only ones who do the right thing. WTF!

    BREAKING! Supreme Court Refuses Plea to #ProtectOakFlat

    #ApacheStronghold said it will continue the fight in the courts

    #WendslerNosieSr. said, "While this decision is a heavy blow, our struggle is far from over. We urge Congress to take decisive action to stop this injustice while we press forward in the courts."

    By Becket Law, Censored News, May 27, 2025

    WASHINGTON – "The Supreme Court today refused to protect a Western Apache sacred site, #OakFlat, from destruction by a Chinese-owned mining giant. In Apache Stronghold v. United States, a coalition of Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies will now continue to fight in court to
    stop the government from transferring Oak Flat to #ResolutionCopper and turning the site into a massive mining
    crater, ending Apache religious practices forever.

    "#JusticeGorsuch, joined by #JusticeThomas, dissented from the Court’s refusal to hear the appeal,
    saying that the Court’s 'decision to shuffle this case off our docket without a full airing is a grievous mistake—one with consequences that threaten to reverberate for generations.'

    "Since time immemorial, Western Apaches and other Native peoples have gathered at Oak Flat, outside of present-day Superior, Arizona, for sacred religious ceremonies that cannot take place anywhere else."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05

    Link to PDF (with Gorsuch's full dissention):

    supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd

    #Fight4OurExistence #SCOTUS #ProtectOakFlat #LandBack #sacredland #OakFlat
    #SaveOakFlat #SanCarlosApache #Apache #ReligiousLiberty #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews
    #ProtectOakFlat #ProtectTheSacred #ApacheStronghold #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #RioTinto #CopperMining #Arizona #LeaveItInTheGround #ChichilBildagoteel #WesternApaches #BecketLaw

  16. via @bsnorrell.blogspot.com

    #ApacheStronghold: Fight For Existence Podcast 'A Halted Land Transfer, A Continued Fight'

    "U.S. #SupremeCourt: May 22 is the next possible date for considering the case

    "The federal district court in Phoenix has issued an injunction, halting the land transfer of Apaches Ceremonial Place of Oak Flat -- which is targeted to be destroyed by a copper mine -- until the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case."

    Source:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05

    Fight for Our Existence podcast, Episode 32 is now available!

    Apache Stronghold: A Halted Land Transfer, A Continued Fight

    Now streaming on all platforms!
    linktr.ee/Fight4ourexistence

    YT: youtube.com/@fight4ourexistenc

    #Fight4OurExistence #SCOTUS #ProtectOakFlat #LandBack #NativePodcast #sacredland #OakFlat
    #SaveOakFlat #SanCarlosApache
    #Apache #ReligiousLiberty
    #NativeAmericans #FirstNations #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews
    #ProtectOakFlat #ProtectTheSacred #ApacheStronghold #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans #RioTinto #CopperMining #Arizona #LeaveItInTheGround #ChichilBildagoteel #WesternApaches #BecketLaw

  17. BREAKING: Federal court halts destruction of #OakFlat

    Judge blocks feds’ rush to transfer #Indigenous #SacredSite to foreign mining giant for destruction

    By #BecketLaw, Censored News, May 9, 2025

    WASHINGTON – "A federal court today blocked the U.S. government from plowing ahead with plans to hand over the #WesternApaches’ most sacred site at Oak Flat to a multinational mining giant for destruction."

    Read more:
    bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05

    #CensoredNews #ReaderSupportedNews
    #SaveOakFlat #ProtectOakFlat
    #ProtectTheSacred #ApachStronghold #NativeAmericanNews #NativeAmericans
    #RioTinto #CopperMining #Arizona #LeaveItInTheGround #ChichilBildagoteel

  18. #Peru's #Indigenous leaders raise concerns over #OilAndGas projects

    The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on #HumanRights

    Steven Grattan, Associated Press
    March 7, 2025

    BOGOTA, #Colombia — "Indigenous leaders from the #PeruvianAmazon who are calling for the government to stop oil and gas projects in their territory took their case to an international human rights body on Tuesday.

    "The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They said the projects violate #IndigenousRights by threatening their #land, #health and #FoodSecurity and are in breach of international obligations that require Indigenous groups to be consulted.

    "The Indigenous leaders are represented by the Interethnic Association for the Development of the #PeruvianRainforest, or #AIDESEP. The group argues that the projects also pose risks to #UncontactedIndigenous groups and also noted specific impact on Indigenous women.

    "During the meeting, the Peruvian government said it is a democratic state which respects law and guarantees human rights to all its citizens and that it is committed to strengthening it.

    "But #JulioCusurichiPalacios, a member of AIDESEP’s Board of Directors from the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon said the government 'have stated things that are not in accordance with what is happening in reality.'

    "'The rights of Indigenous peoples are not being respected, the contamination of our rivers and territories continues, there are threats to #uncontacted Indigenous Peoples, more regulations that make environmental standards more flexible, and oil and gas lots continue to be promoted,' he told The Associated Press after the hearing.

    "The government denied most of the claims made by the Indigenous groups and did not reply to AP’s requests for comment."

    Source:
    ictnews.org/news/perus-indigen
    #BigOilAndGas #IndigenousRights #LeaveItInTheGround #WaterIsLife #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousNews #IndigenousPeoples

  19. #Peru's #Indigenous leaders raise concerns over #OilAndGas projects

    The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on #HumanRights

    Steven Grattan, Associated Press
    March 7, 2025

    BOGOTA, #Colombia — "Indigenous leaders from the #PeruvianAmazon who are calling for the government to stop oil and gas projects in their territory took their case to an international human rights body on Tuesday.

    "The leaders presented evidence of the impact of oil and gas exploration at a hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. They said the projects violate #IndigenousRights by threatening their #land, #health and #FoodSecurity and are in breach of international obligations that require Indigenous groups to be consulted.

    "The Indigenous leaders are represented by the Interethnic Association for the Development of the #PeruvianRainforest, or #AIDESEP. The group argues that the projects also pose risks to #UncontactedIndigenous groups and also noted specific impact on Indigenous women.

    "During the meeting, the Peruvian government said it is a democratic state which respects law and guarantees human rights to all its citizens and that it is committed to strengthening it.

    "But #JulioCusurichiPalacios, a member of AIDESEP’s Board of Directors from the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon said the government 'have stated things that are not in accordance with what is happening in reality.'

    "'The rights of Indigenous peoples are not being respected, the contamination of our rivers and territories continues, there are threats to #uncontacted Indigenous Peoples, more regulations that make environmental standards more flexible, and oil and gas lots continue to be promoted,' he told The Associated Press after the hearing.

    "The government denied most of the claims made by the Indigenous groups and did not reply to AP’s requests for comment."

    Source:
    ictnews.org/news/perus-indigen
    #BigOilAndGas #IndigenousRights #LeaveItInTheGround #WaterIsLife #AmazonRainforest #IndigenousNews #IndigenousPeoples

  20. Blog: Voices of #Decolonization

    #FirstNations chiefs shouldn’t be duped by the ‘#nuclear-is-green' deception

    by William Eric Altvater, February 6, 2025

    "Some First Nation Chiefs are victims of shenanigans, not unlike the swindle behind the purchase of Manhattan. The federal government needs the support of #Indigenous peoples to expand nuclear power generation capacity in #Canada.

    "For millennia, the cornerstones of the Indigenous people that inhabit Turtle Island, now known as North America, held all that is essential to life, in reverence. Every decision considered the next 7 generations. These cornerstones are crumbling.

    "Newcomers, armed with the #Colonizing tool, 'The #DoctrineOfDiscovery' and their mentality of superiority, invaded the land of those they called 'Savages,' almost totally exterminating #Skicinuwok, People of The Earth.

    "Determined to bestow Christianity and civility to this wild untamed population, old growth forests were cut, rivers and streams were dammed to power sawmills, roads and railroads were built, bridges erected. All to create an infrastructure for #capitalism, a system to make a #profit, that morphed into #greed, a word of foreign root. This unbridled desire for progress has ruined what was once called Paradise.

    "Now most water is not fit to drink, clean air is scarce, #deforestation is rampant, #biodiversity loss out of control, plants genetically modified, food manufactured with unpronounceable chemicals, caged fish starved of oxygen while being fed chicken feathers and pig parts, cancer cases in the millions, the list goes on.

    "As the population increased over this continent the available sources for power generation have not been able to satisfy the insatiable desires of the 'bigger, better, faster, more is never enough' mentality. Some have finally acknowledged the fact that #FossilFuels are not the golden egg they were once deemed to be.

    "So-called '#GreenEnergy' is required to slow the blind drive to extinction of man; man, who is considered by some to be the most intelligent creature to ever roam Earth. Unfortunately, the lure of riches and the corruption of self-serving purposes have led man to stray from practices that nurture everything required to sustain life on this tiny blue marble floating through the universe.

    "#NuclearPower is now being touted as being 'Green.' It is not. Big money corporations are lobbying legislators to convince them and the public that it is. They are also lobbying to convince the public that they should foot the bill in the form of taxes and rate hikes, for a process that pollutes from the day it starts. Water is life. As soon as #uranium is mined from the earth it begins to contaminate the water in surrounding aquifers.

    "When the uranium is processed sufficiently, it is used as fuel for reactors where it generates heat while delivering electricity, not just for essential needs, but also for many things once considered luxuries. This fission generated heat is then dumped into nearby waters where it kills thousands, if not millions of small beings that form the basis of life itself.

    "After this radioactive fuel is depleted, it is stored in various containers where it will stay radioactive for eons. Indigenous #Grandmothers have labelled it 'Forever Dangerous.'

    "The power generated during the fission process benefits only those who exist today as the process occurs, not those born tomorrow or next week or next month. All the #RadioactiveWaste and the inherent danger it creates is left to future generations, kicking the can down the road.

    "What better place to dump this waste than in an area with a population that has witnessed Newcomers enrich themselves for hundreds of years? Yes, what better place than a population that has been targeted for assimilation, suffered theft of lands, witnessed the taking of naturally bestowed rights? A population that has been subjected to racial Indian Act legislation essentially stripping away all that sustained this population for thousands of years.

    "Yes, let us give the Indians some more shiny beads and trinkets so that they willingly agree to care for our radioactive garbage. How do we do this? Let’s talk to the Chief and Council. Let’s wine and dine them. Let’s give them some money, take them to dinner, buy some drinks and make them feel all festive and most of all make them think we are looking out for their best interests. Some Chiefs have taken the bait.

    "Egregious as it may be, this is exactly what is happening in some Indigenous communities contrary to the will of the majority. Elected Chiefs are continuing the deception as they are blinded and professing the 'Nuclear is Green' mantra. They have lost connection with the Spirit of Ancestors and traditional values. They need to have a serious introspection and realize that looking forward, we need only look back at what has sustained us to this point in time. We need not do any more than that."

    Eric lives in #PeskotomuhkatiNation territory in Maine and stands shoulder to shoulder with his Peskotomuhkati relations in #NewBrunswick in the struggle to achieve Canadian Government recognition.

    wabanakireach.org/first_nation
    #NoNukes #NoNewNukes #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #UraniumMining #UraniumMilling #LeaveItInTheGround #Greenwashing #NuclearIsNotCarbonFree #NuclearIsNotGreen #CanadaPol #NuclearWaste #NuclearIndustry #TEPCOLies #HoltecLies #NuclearColonialism

  21. 2024 #NationalDayOfMourning rally to focus on #Palestine and #Environmental issues

    "At the National Day of Mourning, Indigenous peoples from around the world come to speak and talk about the fights they're facing in their homes, Pierite said. They pray, they march and they rally.

    "'There's absolutely...many different emotions,' he said. 'It is a heavy time, but the thing of it is, is that we keep...the energy, we open in prayer, we close in prayer and we continue to lift each other up.'

    "This year's event will include a Palestinian speaker, Pierite said, and organizers encourage donations to groups that support Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Pierite said some folks impacted by pipelines and other energy extraction projects are expected to speak as well.

    "''The message from Indigenous peoples internationally has been consistent: that we need to center the development of traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, and move away from fossil fuel extractive economies,' Pierite said. 'At this time the world needs Indigenous peoples.'"

    Link to livestream:
    youtube.com/live/pdpBNKI31TA

    Original article:
    msn.com/en-us/news/us/its-not-

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