In this issue: Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park in Montana is finally free from oil & gas leasing, a big win for the Arctic, Saving Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a disaster capitalist power grab for Hawaiʻi’s public water, and more.

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FROM THE FRONTLINES


Too sacred to drill

For over 10,000 years, the Badger-Two Medicine area near Glacier National Park in Montana has provided strength, subsistence, & cultural identity for the Blackfeet Nation. And now, after fighting for decades, it’s finally free from oil & gas leasing. Read more: [link removed]

In big win for Arctic, government cancels illegal oil leases in Alaska

The Department of the Interior announced it would cancel oil-and-gas leases that were auctioned unlawfully during the final days of the Trump administration. These leases were the first ever in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge, a sensitive region that generations of Americans have rallied to protect. This is a big step forward, hopefully one of many to protect the Refuge. Read more: [link removed]

Saving Utah’s Great Salt Lake

The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere and an iconic American ecosystem. It provides habitat for millions of migratory birds and supports a variety of industries. And if the lake goes dry, it could threaten human health for generations. Read more: [link removed]

A disaster capitalist power grab for Hawaiʻi’s public water

The battle over freshwater resources on the Hawaiian Islands is as old as the colonialist mindset that fuels it. And now legacy plantation companies are using the devastating wildfires in Maui to make a greedy power grab. We can’t let them. Read more: [link removed]

Big wins against oil industry’s push into petrochemicals

A string of victories show how communities can fight back against the dirty petrochemical industry.
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