At UN, mining groups tout protections for Indigenous people

This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. In mid-April, the Trump administration cleared the way for a controversial copper mine proposed for western Arizona. The mine would destroy parts of Chi’chil Biłdagoteel — known as “Oak Flat” in English — over the objections of the San Carlos Apache...

USAID cuts are hitting global conservation projects hard

On February 3, Elon Musk typed a now-notorious post to his social media platform X: “Spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone [sic] to some great parties. Did that instead.”  The actions by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency that weekend set off a dizzying series of budget cuts...