“Condemned to Sacrifice” in the Shadow of Argentina’s Vaca Muerta
From Patagonia, an environmental activist discusses her community’s struggle against a new oil pipeline and the threats of expanding extractivism ...
“Oil for the Few” at Brazil’s Export Ports
For a small farmer in Rio de Janeiro state, a private port catering to the fossil fuel industry has brought ...
Brazil at a Crossroads: The Environment or Oil and Gas
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel ...
Argentina’s Vaca Muerta: 10 Years of Fracking and Local Resistance
With another oil and gas bonanza brewing and a new far-right president in the Casa Rosada, people-led proposals for a ...
We Don’t Choose to Be Land Defenders, We Are Born Land Defenders
Kichwa activist Leo Cerda discusses the crucial role of national and global alliances in transitioning from extractive fossil fuels to ...
Panama Protests: A Model for Pushing Back Extractive Capitalism
From dampening appetite for foreign investment to enlivening environmental struggles in neighboring countries, the recent victory of Panama’s historic anti-mining ...
Panama’s Massive Environmental Awakening
The Canadian-owned mine at the center of a national uprising will be shut down. But differing environmentalisms in the isthmus ...
Ecuador Votes to Keep Yasuní Oil in the Ground in Historic Referendum
Ecuadorians have chosen to safeguard the biodiverse Yasuní National Park from oil drilling, marking a major triumph for grassroots Indigenous ...
