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After decades of community action, prayers, scientific studies, restoration, and advocacy, the Klamath Salmon have now made it home to Upper Klamath Lake and its tributaries in Oregon.

Read more in the press statement from the Klamath Tribes at: tinyurl.com/KlamathTribesPR
October 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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The Indigenous Kichwa People of Sarayaku have always known that their forest is a living, intelligent being. Western science is finally starting to catch up.
How a Declaration of Ancestral Wisdom Is Changing Law, Science and Our Understanding of the World - Inside Climate News
José Gualinga discusses his Kichwa People of Sarayaku’s visionary Living Forest Declaration and the importance of collaborating across cultures and areas of expertise.
insideclimatenews.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🇲🇽⚖️ El Tribunal Internacional de los Derechos de la Naturaleza entrega la sentencia del caso Tren Maya, que confirma graves violaciones a los Derechos de la Naturaleza y los pueblos mayas y ordena medidas urgentes para detener el ecocidio y etnocidio.

🔗 www.rightsofnaturetribunal.org/entrega-sent...
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Opinion: California salmon runs in danger of extinction if Newsom fails to act www.mercurynews.com/2025/09/23/o...
Opinion: California salmon runs in danger of extinction if Newsom fails to act
Trump administration and California’s governor are pursuing policies threatening the survival of the once-mighty species
www.mercurynews.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Wonderful quotes from Jenn Mamola in this new article on the Roadless Rule: truthout.org/articles/tru...
Trump Wants to Open Up 45 Million Acres of Roadless Wilderness to Logging
A push to repeal the Roadless Rule that protects the few ecosystems that remain truly wild faces mass public opposition.
truthout.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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🌍 #RightsofNature at #IUCNCongress2025 (Oct 9–12)

This year, key motions call for recognizing ecosystems as living beings with inherent rights. Why it matters: these decisions shape global conservation & environmental law. 

📣 Learn about the motions & how to support them: garn.org/uicn-2025
September 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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"The climate crisis would be much less acute if Duke had not engaged in this deception."
Town of Carrboro Argues Case in Duke Energy, Climate Change Lawsuit's Initial Hearing - Chapelboro.com
The Town of Carrboro presented its legal rationale for continuing a 2024 climate change-focused lawsuit against Duke Energy on Thursday.
chapelboro.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Did you know that Chevron is the 5th largest owner of farm land in the Central Valley?

CA land is being snapped up by investment firms & opaque holding companies with little transparency--and serious implications for the environment:
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open... @adamcalo.bsky.social
Who controls California farmland? The hard-to-find answer is disturbing
OPINION: “By creating a transparent, public record of ownership and transactions, we could then design fairer markets, protect local control and plan for a sustainable future.”
www.sfchronicle.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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"Winter-run Chinook salmon have been listed as endangered since 1994, and they’re among the ten marine species that NOAA Fisheries considers to be the most at risk of extinction in the near future."

Read Full Article Here: tinyurl.com/ChinookMcCloud
September 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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The Roadless Rule has protected roadless forests since 2001, keeping them free from logging, road-building, and other industrial development.

Now the Trump administration wants to strip protections from 45 million of those acres.

Please add your voice to oppose this plan: biodiv.us/4ngK1vC
September 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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#ICYMI: Tribal leaders are calling out CA’s failure to protect tribal water uses & warning against backroom moves to fast-track the Delta tunnel. Meanwhile, corporate landowners like Chevron are becoming more involved in CA farmland and water policy.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/41B6N96
September 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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🌊✨ In two consecutive years, the Goldman Prize — known as the "Green Nobel" — has honored two women fighting for the #RightsofNature and the rights of water bodies

👉 Share this to celebrate their courage and spread the movement. #WaterRights #GoldmanPrize
May 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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The Environment Is Under Attack. The Rights of Nature Movement Can Save It: Article by @rollingstone.com 

Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/srpsordmiy
May 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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More than seven years after filling, the people of Boulder are now closer than ever to putting ExxonMobil and Suncor on trial for their climate lies.

Boulder’s case charges the companies with continuing to produce, market, and sell fossil fuels despite knowing the climate dangers they posed.
May 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Fossil fuel companies’ public messaging and private discussions tell two different stories about climate change. A new report details the industry’s tactics to evade lawsuits and legislation that would make them pay for their products’ harms.
How the World’s Most Powerful Corporations Have Fought Accountability for Climate Change - Inside Climate News
A new report draws on internal company documents and other public records to comprehensively outline the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long campaign to mislead the public and avoid paying for their p...
insideclimatenews.org
May 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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This #WatershedWednesday , we want to bring attention to Governor Newsom attempting to fast-track the Delta Conveyance Project, which threatens the Bay-Delta.

Read Full Statement at: californiasalmon.org/press-releases
May 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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🚨 BREAKING: Governor Gavin Newsom’s latest budget proposal part of his May Revise, includes an alarming effort to bypass legal, environmental, and public participation to fast-track the controversial Delta Conveyance Project.

Read more: bit.ly/3YMIC6d

#CAwater #Stopthetunnel #Environmentaljustice
May 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Big Oil has known for decades that their fossil fuel products were fueling the climate crisis, but deceived the public to protect their profits.

Now, D.C. is one step closer to putting these companies on trial and holding them accountable. 🏛️🙌

climateintegrity.org/news/view/d....
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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“People say the Amazon is the ‘lungs of the world.’ If it’s sick, we must heal it. We are uniting now, women and men. We must protect it.” A rights of nature defender wins the Goldman Environmental Prize for her work on behalf of Peru’s Marañón River.
Rights of Nature Defender Wins Goldman Prize for Precedent-Setting Work Protecting an Imperiled River - Inside Climate News
“We do this not only for us, but for all of humanity and all beings.” For Mari Luz Canaquiri Murayari of Peru, a winner of this year’s prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, everything in nature has...
insideclimatenews.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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‘A huge emergency’: California’s salmon are struggling. Commercial fishing is set to be shut down for an unprecedented third year in a row in an effort to help the declining population recover. www.latimes.com/environment/... @andrewrypel.bsky.social #CAwater
U.S. panel calls for suspending commercial salmon fishing in California for third year
Regulators have voted to ban commercial fishing for Chinook salmon in California for an unprecedented third straight year because of low population numbers.
www.latimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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The Center + Wishtoyo Foundation sued the California Office of the State Fire Marshal yesterday for waiving safety rules for the oil pipeline that ruptured in 2015 and released about 450,000 gallons of oil near Refugio State Beach.

Learn more: bit.ly/3YtvcM8
April 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Save California Salmon is calling for immediate and long-term solutions to protect and restore salmon habitats, prioritize sustainable water management, and support the communities that rely on healthy rivers and fisheries.

Read Our Full Press Statement at: californiasalmon.org/press-releases
April 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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“It upends how we've been protecting endangered species for the last 40 years,” said Noah Greenwald, codirector of the Center's endangered species program.
Trump officials say destroying endangered species’ habitats isn’t ‘harm’
A proposed rule would narrow the definition of harm under the Endangered Species Act and could open the door to more mining, construction and other activities.
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April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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What if rivers had an inherent right to be protected from pollution, regardless of its utility to humans? This is the idea that drives the “rights of nature” movement grist.org/equity/in-ca...
March 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Good news! Two Pacific Northwest tribes won a key ruling against Big Oil. 🏛️ 🙌

The Makah and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribes are being forced to relocate because of rising seas made worse by climate change. They're fighting to make Big Oil pay for the damages.

climateintegrity.org/news/view/pa...
Pacific Northwest tribes win ruling against Big Oil | Center for Climate Integrity
The Makah Indian Tribe and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe are seeking to make Big Oil companies pay for climate damages they knowingly fueled
climateintegrity.org
March 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM