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Protecting the rainforest and our climate in solidarity with Indigenous peoples since 1996. #EndAmazonCrude #MiningOutOfTheAmazon #DemarcationNow 🌿🦋🐒
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The rainforest is at a dangerous tipping point. Indigenous Peoples are protecting life in the Amazon. It’s time for the world to stand with them. Add your name to support the call at #COP30 to declare Indigenous lands free from all extraction.
#DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o
#DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o
BREAKING: Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at #COP30
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
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#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
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Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at COP30 | Amazon Watch
The peaceful protest was a powerful statement from Indigenous and traditional communities about the impacts of Brazil’s grain export corridors on rivers, fisheries, territories, and local livelihoods.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at #COP30
#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
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#CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights
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Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders.
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
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He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
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To make peace with nature, we need a fossil fuel-free Amazon
It is necessary to support Brazil’s proposal to develop a roadmap for carrying out the comprehensive transition to renewable energy
english.elpais.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders.
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...
He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels."
#COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels
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To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published.
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
heated.world
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published.
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
“I cannot share social media posts about this journey because there are people who might send assassins to kill me if they knew my location,” said one activist, whose name has been withheld for his safety. #YakuMama #AmazonFlotilla #COP30
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‘A meeting of voices’: flotillas head into Belém ahead of Cop30 climate summit
Indigenous leaders, environmental activists and forest defenders are determined to make this a summit like no other
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“I cannot share social media posts about this journey because there are people who might send assassins to kill me if they knew my location,” said one activist, whose name has been withheld for his safety. #YakuMama #AmazonFlotilla #COP30
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Amazon Watch is at #COP30... why? Because it's the FIRST time the UN climate conference is taking place in the Amazon and THOUSANDS of Indigenous allies will be there. If you are there or want to know more about what is happening, here is a list of events at COP: amazonwatch.org/get-involved...
Events | Amazon Watch
Amazon Watch organizes and participates in local, national, and international events on a regular basis.
amazonwatch.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Amazon Watch is at #COP30... why? Because it's the FIRST time the UN climate conference is taking place in the Amazon and THOUSANDS of Indigenous allies will be there. If you are there or want to know more about what is happening, here is a list of events at COP: amazonwatch.org/get-involved...
The rainforest is at a dangerous tipping point. Indigenous Peoples are protecting life in the Amazon. It’s time for the world to stand with them. Add your name to support the call at #COP30 to declare Indigenous lands free from all extraction.
#DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o
#DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The rainforest is at a dangerous tipping point. Indigenous Peoples are protecting life in the Amazon. It’s time for the world to stand with them. Add your name to support the call at #COP30 to declare Indigenous lands free from all extraction.
#DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o
#DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o
"Belém can be remembered as a turning point—when the world stopped treating the Amazon as a victim & began dismantling criminal economies driving its collapse. Choice is stark: dismantle networks of destruction or lose a rainforest that sustains life itself."
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The fight against climate change is also a fight against organized crime
Belém COP cannot succeed without taking decisive action
www.openglobalrights.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Belém can be remembered as a turning point—when the world stopped treating the Amazon as a victim & began dismantling criminal economies driving its collapse. Choice is stark: dismantle networks of destruction or lose a rainforest that sustains life itself."
www.openglobalrights.org/the-fight-ag...
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NEW REPORT:
🔥 AMAZONIA IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION 🔥
Every tree that falls brings us closer to the point of no return, where the jungle will stop producing life and begin to die.
🌎 The Amazon cannot wait any longer. We need to protect and restore at least 80% before 2030.
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🔥 AMAZONIA IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION 🔥
Every tree that falls brings us closer to the point of no return, where the jungle will stop producing life and begin to die.
🌎 The Amazon cannot wait any longer. We need to protect and restore at least 80% before 2030.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
Endangered Amazonía | Amazon Watch
This report, a collection of 22 articles from Indigenous organizations, researchers, journalists, and international organizations, shows forest degradation and fires have not only pushed the Amazon be...
amazonwatch.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
NEW REPORT:
🔥 AMAZONIA IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION 🔥
Every tree that falls brings us closer to the point of no return, where the jungle will stop producing life and begin to die.
🌎 The Amazon cannot wait any longer. We need to protect and restore at least 80% before 2030.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
🔥 AMAZONIA IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION 🔥
Every tree that falls brings us closer to the point of no return, where the jungle will stop producing life and begin to die.
🌎 The Amazon cannot wait any longer. We need to protect and restore at least 80% before 2030.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
California leaders have the opportunity to stand up to Big Oil’s influence. Say no to being bought out by fossil fuel companies, who have already spent over $7 million on lobbying in 2025 www.apenaction.org/2025/11/03/b...
Big Oil Spends $7.1 Million in Q3, Lobbying for Concessions from Lawmakers - APEN Action
New lobbying disclosures reveal the fossil fuel industry spent $7.1 million in Q3 of 2025, from July 1 through September 30 – putting the industry on track to reach its second-highest influence spendi...
www.apenaction.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
California leaders have the opportunity to stand up to Big Oil’s influence. Say no to being bought out by fossil fuel companies, who have already spent over $7 million on lobbying in 2025 www.apenaction.org/2025/11/03/b...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Amazon Watch & Allies at #COP30 in Belem
“COP30 must mark a turning point, from promises to action, from extraction to regeneration, & from political speeches to Indigenous sovereignty.” - Leila Salazar-López.
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“COP30 must mark a turning point, from promises to action, from extraction to regeneration, & from political speeches to Indigenous sovereignty.” - Leila Salazar-López.
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Amazon Watch and Allies at COP30 in Belém, Brazil | Amazon Watch
“COP30 must mark a turning point, from promises to action, from extraction to regeneration, and from political speeches to Indigenous sovereignty.”
amazonwatch.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
MEDIA ADVISORY: Amazon Watch & Allies at #COP30 in Belem
“COP30 must mark a turning point, from promises to action, from extraction to regeneration, & from political speeches to Indigenous sovereignty.” - Leila Salazar-López.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
“COP30 must mark a turning point, from promises to action, from extraction to regeneration, & from political speeches to Indigenous sovereignty.” - Leila Salazar-López.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...
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#COP30 is happening in the Amazon in just days. THANKS to all these artists who are supporting the Indigenous Declaration - Amazon Free from Extraction! amazoniacalling.org (check them out on Instagram: @amazonia_calling) #ClimateCrisis #ActOnClimate #IndigenousRights
AMAZONIA CALLING
amazoniacalling.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#COP30 is happening in the Amazon in just days. THANKS to all these artists who are supporting the Indigenous Declaration - Amazon Free from Extraction! amazoniacalling.org (check them out on Instagram: @amazonia_calling) #ClimateCrisis #ActOnClimate #IndigenousRights
🌎 From the heart of the Amazon to #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous peoples and allies are demanding the Amazon be an exclusion zone for extractive activities. The future of the planet depends on it. Amazon Watch will be there, learn why: amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10... #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights
COP30 at the Crossroads: Indigenous Sovereignty or Climate Collapse | Amazon Watch
In a few days the 30th United Nations Climate Conference will take place – in the Amazon!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🌎 From the heart of the Amazon to #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous peoples and allies are demanding the Amazon be an exclusion zone for extractive activities. The future of the planet depends on it. Amazon Watch will be there, learn why: amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10... #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights
#AmazonCrime Campaign Update
Standing With the Kakataibo: Resilience amid Peru’s crisis of corruption and organized crime
The Kakataibo’s experience offers a close look to Amazonian peoples confronting the convergence of crime, corruption, and governmental neglect.
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Standing With the Kakataibo: Resilience amid Peru’s crisis of corruption and organized crime
The Kakataibo’s experience offers a close look to Amazonian peoples confronting the convergence of crime, corruption, and governmental neglect.
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Standing With the Kakataibo | Amazon Watch
The Kakataibo have made it clear to us: they will not give up. Their fight to reclaim and defend their ancestral lands has lasted more than two decades, and this is simply another chapter in a long st...
amazonwatch.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
#AmazonCrime Campaign Update
Standing With the Kakataibo: Resilience amid Peru’s crisis of corruption and organized crime
The Kakataibo’s experience offers a close look to Amazonian peoples confronting the convergence of crime, corruption, and governmental neglect.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10...
Standing With the Kakataibo: Resilience amid Peru’s crisis of corruption and organized crime
The Kakataibo’s experience offers a close look to Amazonian peoples confronting the convergence of crime, corruption, and governmental neglect.
amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10...
BREAKING: Over 130 International Organizations Denounce Escalating State Violence in Ecuador and Call for Global Action to Protect Human Rights“ #HumanRights #EndStateViolence
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Over 130 International Organizations Denounce Escalating State Violence in Ecuador and Call for Global Action to Protect Human Rights | Amazon Watch
"Peace cannot be imposed by force; it is built on truth, justice, and dialogue."
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October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING: Over 130 International Organizations Denounce Escalating State Violence in Ecuador and Call for Global Action to Protect Human Rights“ #HumanRights #EndStateViolence
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TAKE ACTION against militarization, arrests, and censorship in Ecuador. Tell President Noboa his government must end the crackdown and respect Indigenous rights.
#DefendIndigenousRights #ProtectTheAmazon
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#DefendIndigenousRights #ProtectTheAmazon
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Stop State Violence in Ecuador! | Amazon Watch
Violence, arrests, and censorship are escalating in Ecuador as the government cracks down on Indigenous movements and weakens environmental protections.
amazonwatch.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
TAKE ACTION against militarization, arrests, and censorship in Ecuador. Tell President Noboa his government must end the crackdown and respect Indigenous rights.
#DefendIndigenousRights #ProtectTheAmazon
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#DefendIndigenousRights #ProtectTheAmazon
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Don't come to us to peddle "new technological solutions to climate change" when YOU'RE STILL FUNDING DEFORESTATION! #EndDeforestation
US financial institutions made $5.4B from deforesting companies between 2016-24. Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase & BlackRock top earners.
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US financial institutions made $5.4B from deforesting companies between 2016-24. Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase & BlackRock top earners.
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Banks make $26bn in decade of financing deforesting companies
US, EU and UK banks have made over $10 billion in income since Paris Agreement by financing companies involved in deforestation, new analysis ahead of COP30 reveals
globalwitness.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Don't come to us to peddle "new technological solutions to climate change" when YOU'RE STILL FUNDING DEFORESTATION! #EndDeforestation
US financial institutions made $5.4B from deforesting companies between 2016-24. Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase & BlackRock top earners.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
US financial institutions made $5.4B from deforesting companies between 2016-24. Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase & BlackRock top earners.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we’re honored to share a message from Helena Gualinga, Kichwa activist from Sarayaku, Ecuador – one of the most powerful voices of her generation. #EndAmazonCrude mailchi.mp/amazonwatch/...
October 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we’re honored to share a message from Helena Gualinga, Kichwa activist from Sarayaku, Ecuador – one of the most powerful voices of her generation. #EndAmazonCrude mailchi.mp/amazonwatch/...
“Oil catalyzes corruption and dependence, stifles diversification of economies and definitely does not help poverty reduction,” says Andrew Miller, advocacy director at Amazon Watch. #EndAmazonCrude news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mps-...
MPs across Latin America unite to stop fossil fuels in the Amazon
BOGOTÁ, Colombia and SÃO PAULO, Brazil — On Oct. 7 in Brazil’s National Congress in Brasília, lawmakers, Indigenous leaders and civil society representatives gathered to present a global parliamentary...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“Oil catalyzes corruption and dependence, stifles diversification of economies and definitely does not help poverty reduction,” says Andrew Miller, advocacy director at Amazon Watch. #EndAmazonCrude news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mps-...
“We used to only see it in the Madre de Dios region but now we’re seeing it everywhere”, said MAAP’s director, Matt Finer.
Learn more here: www.maapprogram.org/gold-mining-...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Learn more here: www.maapprogram.org/gold-mining-...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Illegal gold mining clears 140,000 hectares of Peruvian Amazon
Armed criminal groups tear down precious rainforest to capitalise on record gold prices, report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“We used to only see it in the Madre de Dios region but now we’re seeing it everywhere”, said MAAP’s director, Matt Finer.
Learn more here: www.maapprogram.org/gold-mining-...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Learn more here: www.maapprogram.org/gold-mining-...
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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
english.elpais.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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...
October 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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A massive fire erupted last night at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo. This horrible disaster is yet another reminder of the grave dangers the fossil fuels economy poses to California communities.
October 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A massive fire erupted last night at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo. This horrible disaster is yet another reminder of the grave dangers the fossil fuels economy poses to California communities.
The last time a Chevron refinery blew up like this it was found criminally liable and sent 15.000 Richmond residents to the hospital. Chevron is a menace. abc7.com/live-updates...
LIVE UPDATES: Investigation underway into massive fire at Chevron's El Segundo refinery
Crews on Friday morning continued battling a massive fire that erupted at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, which could be seen for miles across the South Bay.
abc7.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The last time a Chevron refinery blew up like this it was found criminally liable and sent 15.000 Richmond residents to the hospital. Chevron is a menace. abc7.com/live-updates...
🌍 Around the world, people are rising to #DrawTheLine for a safer, fairer future.
We’re proud to partner with @ekoenergy.bsky.social
who champion renewable energy + climate justice alongside frontline communities.
Together, we’re building the future we need. 🌱
#PhaseOutFossilFuels #ClimateJustice
We’re proud to partner with @ekoenergy.bsky.social
who champion renewable energy + climate justice alongside frontline communities.
Together, we’re building the future we need. 🌱
#PhaseOutFossilFuels #ClimateJustice
📏 Today, in almost 100 countries, people are rising to #drawtheline – against fossil fuels, against greed, and for a safer, fairer future.
Here we are, drawing the line, together with @ilmastoisov.bsky.social and other participants in today's Fridays For Future demonstration.
#PhaseoutFossilFuels
Here we are, drawing the line, together with @ilmastoisov.bsky.social and other participants in today's Fridays For Future demonstration.
#PhaseoutFossilFuels
October 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🌍 Around the world, people are rising to #DrawTheLine for a safer, fairer future.
We’re proud to partner with @ekoenergy.bsky.social
who champion renewable energy + climate justice alongside frontline communities.
Together, we’re building the future we need. 🌱
#PhaseOutFossilFuels #ClimateJustice
We’re proud to partner with @ekoenergy.bsky.social
who champion renewable energy + climate justice alongside frontline communities.
Together, we’re building the future we need. 🌱
#PhaseOutFossilFuels #ClimateJustice
RIP to Jane Goodall. Grateful for all she did to help so many see, appreciate, and respect the natural world. #RIPJane
BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, an animal rights advocate, has died of natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute says in a statement.
Dr. Jane Goodall, legendary animal rights advocate, dies at 91
"Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wednesday statement.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
RIP to Jane Goodall. Grateful for all she did to help so many see, appreciate, and respect the natural world. #RIPJane