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We are in the midst of a worsening climate crisis, and to stop it we need to take action now. President Biden has the power to declare a climate emergency and stop federal approval of all new fossil fuel projects. We can hold him accountable to choosing our future over fossil fuels. Join us on Thursday, June 23 from 7:00-8:30 pm ET/ 4:00-5:30 pm PT for the national virtual premiere of Dear President Biden, a new documentary short film by Jon Bowermaster. The film shares the stories of leaders from the People vs. Fossil Fuels coalition and the fossil fuel resistance movement who are fighting to protect communities, water, and public health. Throughout the film, these leaders share why President Biden must take bold action to address the climate crisis. https://tinyurl.com/DPB2022

Happy Juneteenth Day from the Indigenous Environmental Network! Our efforts to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth and defend Indigenous Rights are intrinsically connected to the struggles of black freedom & self-determination. Our common enemy is white supremacy, colonialism and capitalism. And our common vision is a future grounded in Justice, Joy and Interconnectedness. We do this for our relatives, for ourselves, and for the next seven generations of life on Mother Earth. With the deepest love, The Indigenous Environmental Network #juneteenth #emancipationday #blm #freedomday #juneteenthcelebration #blackhistory #americanhistory #civilwarhistory #refugees #celebratefreedom

TC Energy Keystone XL statement TC Energy just announced the final nail in the coffin for the Keystone XL pipeline project. We are thrilled with this news as this has been a long fought affair over years building collective support over a wide range of people, tribes, and groups. President Biden had denied the international border crossing for KXL on his first day in office effectively stalling construction. Permits were later turned back over to states like in South Dakota, but it wasn't until a final decision to scrap the project from the company that we could say the project is dead. Over the years an unlikely coalition of Tribal Nations, farmers and ranchers, and non profit groups joined together to fight back against the threat that this project posed to our homelands, water, and people. It brought to light issues of Tribal sovereignty, free, prior, informed consent, water rights, eminent domain and set a precedent of how to fight back against big oil pipelines. While we celebrate this win, we must remember that TC Energy is still threatening Indigenous communities and sovereignty. Transmountain pipeline threatens the Squamish and Tsleil Waututh, Wetʼsuwetʼen, and other tribal lands in so called British Columbia Canada. They also just announced the expansion of their GTN Xpress fracked gas pipeline, threatening sensitive ecological biological environments including the northern Sound which is home to salmon and orca. We must continue to stay vigilant to TC Energy and other companies that threaten our homelands, Earth Mother, our waters, an further exacerbate the climate crisis. Joye Braun, National Pipelines Organizer, Indigenous Environmental Network

Join us for a Community Engagement Workshop Thursday, 16th of June. See flyer below for the June 16th workshop (in English, Spanish and Simplified Chinese) and tinyurl.com/2022EJAC

Students at Appalachian State University traveled to Virginia to talk to residents impacted by the 303-mile fracked gas Mountain Valley Pipeline. Grace Terry, a Roanoke resident, said, “I believe this could be the pipeline that changes things. I believe that what we’ve done to fight it will help people in the future.” https://youtu.be/f3vWiaUqzgw #StopMVP #NoMVP #NoMVPSouthgate

JUST RELEASED: Hoodwinked in the Hothouse Full Audiobook Released Today! https://climatefalsesolutions.org/audiobook/ Carbon pricing schemes must be recognized for what they are: unjust and colonial extensions of an oppressive, racist, patriarchal capitalist system. Hoodwinked is an easy-to-read book breaking down the empty corporate promises and false solutions continuing to fuel climate change, while wasting billions of public dollars on a host of corporate snake-oil schemes and market-based mechanism loopholes that allow polluters to keep polluting. As a pop-ed toolbox, Hoodwinked promises to be instructive for activists, impacted communities and organizers, while providing elected officials with critical lenses to examine a complex, technocratic field of climate change policy strategies, from local to national and international arenas. Listen to the new English Audiobook: https://climatefalsesolutions.org/audiobook/

Action Alert! 🚨 Today, 215+ leading climate organizations launched a new global petition in support of the 21 youth plaintiffs in the landmark youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit, Juliana v. United States! Sign the petition and tell Attorney General Garland that it is time for the DOJ to end its opposition to the Juliana case proceeding to trial: https://bit.ly/Petition-DOJ-Juliana Despite President Biden’s promises to listen to youth and address the climate crisis, his Department of Justice is still actively opposing the Juliana case, denying their rights and seeking to prevent the young plaintiffs from presenting evidence to a judge in open court of how their own government is causing them harm. These young Americans have the right to be heard by their nation’s courts! We stand in solidarity with these courageous young people seeking to secure their legal right to a safe climate. Let the youth be heard! #YouthvGov

WMAN cohosts a unique mining mini-grant program with the Indigenous Environmental Network. The IEN-WMAN Mining Mini-Grant Program offers financial grant assistance to communities threatened or adversely affected by mining in the U.S. and Canada. In 2022, the IEN-WMAN Mining Mini-Grant program will give away more than $200,000 in $4,000 USD grants to Indigenous communities and non-profit grassroots organizations across the U.S. and Canada. Our goal is to give at least 50% of the Mini-Grants to Indigenous communities. We recognize that mining activity often has detrimental impacts to all aspects of community and cultural well-being and we encourage projects that strive to protect the environment, ecosystems, cultural resources, and community health from mining impacts. This program is of tremendous value to community-based organizations, many of whom have very few opportunities to access financial support outside of their own pockets. There are three Mini-Grant cycles per year. Deadlines are February 1, June 1, and October 1. Applications are accepted for each grant cycle during the month prior to the deadline. Applicants may only receive one Mini-Grant in a twelve-month period. https://www.ienearth.org/ien-wman-mini-grant/

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced communications professional ready to lead the Indigenous Environmental Network’s (IEN) narrative work to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination, confront environmental injustice and uphold the Rights of Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island. The Communications Director will report to the Executive Director and be part of a Leadership Team, with a core responsibility to uphold IEN’s standing as a trusted and essential institution in the environmental justice movement. This position can be remote-based. Please Visit our website for information on the job description https://www.ienearth.org/job-opening-indigenous-environmental-network-communications-director/

#WhyWeWearRed Every Day we remain committed to stopping the epidemic of our #MMIP, we know the violence and extractive industry brings to our land is also violence on our bodies. Protecting the land, sky and water-- is protecting Indigenous bodies. Join us wearing red today to honor our missing and murdered relatives, May 5th and tag us in our photos so we can amplify your voice. A study by the urban Indian health Institute identified 506 MMIWG cases in urban areas, 29 years old was media age of victims , 280 cases were murdered Indigenous woman, 128 cases were missing, 98 cases were 'unknown' status. 5,712 cases were missing in 2016 in the U.S and 116 if these cases was logged in the justice database, Poor data collection has resulted in an undercut of how many Indigenous people are victim of human trafficking. #MMIW #MMIWAwareness #MMIWG2S #NoMoreStolenSisters 📸 @nedahnessgreene

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced communications professional ready to lead the Indigenous Environmental Network’s (IEN) narrative work to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from contamination, confront environmental injustice and uphold the Rights of Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island. https://www.ienearth.org/job-opening-indigenous-environmental-network-communications-director/