Next week, 92 of the world's largest banks will meet in São Paolo, Brazil. Why does that matter? Because they'll be discussing climate and indigenous peoples' rights to something called Free, Prior, and Informed Consent. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent is a concept defined by the United Nations and simply means...
Environmental advocates gathered at the Texas State Capitol last week to protest the Texas Senate confirmation of Kelcy Warren to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Warren has been a controversial choice to the commission ever since Texas Governor Greg Abbott first appointed him. That's because...
From the Sierra Club's Austin Environmental Justice Team (ATXEJ) - Kelcy Warren is a pipeline billionaire, Energy Transfer Partners CEO, and man behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, Comanche Trail Pipeline (El Paso), and Trans-Pecos Pipeline (Big Bend). After donating $700k to Governor Greg Abbott's campaign, Warren...
Construction on the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline has resumed. That's despite the work of thousands of protesters who gathered throughout the country decrying the potential negative effects of the pipeline on the environment, as well as on Native American land and water. The protests had...
The Standing Rock protests have come to Texas. What is the Standing Rock protest all about? For those that have not been following along, for the past few months, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota (along with environmentalists from around the country) have been waging...