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September 22, 2023 Dispatches

Bold Action Needed Following UN Climate Ambition Summit

Heed Call of Global Marches to ‘End Fossil Fuels.’

An estimated 75,000 people took part in a march in New York City to “End Fossil Fuels” on September 17, 2023.
September 18, 2023 Dispatches

New UN Guidance on Children’s Rights and the Environment

Protect Children from Effects of Climate Change, Other Environmental Crises

Children playing along the broken bank of the Shibsha River at Dakop Upazilla, Khulna, Bangladesh, August 26, 2023.
September 13, 2023 News Release

Kenya: Ban Use of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

Most Pesticides in Kenya are Harmful to Health, Environment, Study Finds

A man sprays pesticides at a maize farm in Nakuru, Kenya, April 28, 2020. © 2020 Sipa via AP Images
September 11, 2023 Commentary

Biden Should Press Climate Activist Rights in Vietnam

Vietnam is a $15.5 billion beneficiary of US Just Energy Transition Partnership yet imprisons green activists with reckless abandon

US President Joe Biden, standing, attends a state luncheon hosted by Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong, center right, at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 11, 2023.
September 7, 2023 Dispatches

Plastics Treaty Draft Takes First Step to Reduce Production

Solutions Should Prioritize Fossil Fuel Phase-out Over Recycling

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August 30, 2023 News Release

COP28: US Should Press UAE for Activist’s Release

Free Ahmed Mansoor to Set Better Tone for COP28 Climate Conference

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August 23, 2023 Dispatches

Ecuadorians Vote to “Keep the Oil in the Soil" in the Amazon

Historic Vote Establishes Moratorium on Oil Operations in Key National Park

Members of the Waorani Indigenous community demonstrate for peace, for nature and to promote a Yes vote in a referendum to end oil drilling in the Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, August 14, 2023. 
August 15, 2023 Statement

Joint Statement: UAE: Release all Those Unjustly Imprisoned before COP28

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August 10, 2023 Dispatches

Violence against Indigenous People Overshadows Amazon Summit

Brazil’s Federal Police Should Investigate Shootings of Indigenous People

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August 5, 2023 Dispatches

Turkey Approves New Coal Mining to Feed Power Plants

Destruction of Forest Latest Battleground on Coal

Police used water cannon and teargas against local people and environmental activists who protested against the destruction of the Akbelen forest in Turkey’s western province of Muğla, July 29, 2023.
August 4, 2023 News Release

Amazon Summit: Commit to Protect Rainforest, Defenders

Countries in Region Should Support Escazú Treaty

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July 31, 2023 News Release

Panama: Indigenous Community Needs Further Support to Relocate

Government Delays the Move Despite Sea Level Rise, Overcrowding

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July 20, 2023 News Release

Zambia: Clean Up Toxic Lead Waste at Mine Site

Kabwe Youth Activists Urge Action in Video

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July 19, 2023 Dispatches

Extreme Heat Is a Pregnancy Health and Reproductive Justice Problem

Dangerous Heat Needs Feminist Action

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July 10, 2023 News Release

Uganda: Oil Pipeline Project Impoverishes Thousands

Land, Livelihoods Lost for Fossil Fuel Project Disastrous for Climate

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