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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

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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.
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"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."
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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.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:22 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...
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
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December 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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💥NEW EPISODE💥

Chevron Awarded $220 Million in Amazon Pollution Case in Ecuador w/ @amazonwatch.org’s @paulpaz.bsky.social

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December 16, 2025 at 4:40 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...
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
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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:

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December 10, 2025 at 2:15 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

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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.
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December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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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.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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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."
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December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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."
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December 9, 2025 at 9:37 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)
December 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
.@amazonmiller.bsky.social: 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.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:27 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

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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.”
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December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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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”

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December 3, 2025 at 3:56 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
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
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.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:25 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...
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...
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November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thx ppl of Ecuador! By defeating Noboa's plans they protected the Rights of Nature & Indigenous self-determination in their constitution. Huge win for enviro justice & Indigenous Rights & major blow to Noboa’s plans to drill for more oil in the Amazon! insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...
Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution - Inside Climate News
Ecuadorians handed their Trump-allied president a resounding defeat, choosing to maintain their “ecological constitution” and rejecting an attempt to allow foreign military bases in the country.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Indigenous communities in the Amazon are demanding protection of their rights at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.
Protect the Amazon, Tax the Polluters: Climate Activists Demand Action at COP30 in Belém, Brazilq
Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River, where the COP30 summit has entered its second week of negotia...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This weekend Ecuadorians will make a HUGE decision about the future: “They are trying to erase every [protection] from the constitution for [mining companies] to have more access to explore more gold, copper, and other resources,” says Indigenous leader Majo Andrade Cerda. time.com/7333784/ecua...
Ecuador's Constitution Protects Nature. Now That's at Risk
Ecuador was the first country to enshrine the rights of nature in its constitution. On Nov. 16, voters decide if it should be re-written.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
BREAKING: LIVE at #COP30 at 10:30am PST - Amazonian Indigenous leaders on the need to make the Amazon rainforest & watershed a No-Go Zone for extractive industries like oil, gas, mining, and agribusiness that are drivers of deforestation and catalysts for climate change.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
At #COP30, JPMorgan Chase quietly added the Amazon Biome to its “enhanced review” list. A small step from the world’s top financier of Amazon oil & gas, but far from what’s needed.
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JPMorgan Chase Quietly Adds Restrictions to Fossil Fuel Financing in the Amazon Rainforest | Amazon Watch
“Years of steadfast organizing under the leadership of Amazonian Indigenous peoples have successfully pressured JPMorgan, the world’s largest fossil financier, to take a crucial step towards recognizi...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM