Note: Standing Trees is one of GJEP’s Fiscal Sponsored Projects. The Rutland Herald reported that approximately 100 people gathered on Saturday January 11th outside the Forest Supervisor’s Office in Mendon, Vermont to protest the Telephone Gap Integrated Resource Project, a logging proposal for the Green Mountain National Forest. The Forest Service, after years of planning,

After completing an extensive and thoroughly competitive search over the summer and into the fall of 2024, CJA’s Board of Directors chose KD Chavez as new Executive Director! The post CJA Welcomes New Executive Director appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

Frontline community organizers and legislators worked hard to ensure a dirty energy permitting reform deal didn’t make it into any legislation this year! We are inspired and energized by the power of communities and the larger environmental and climate justice movements coming together to make this a reality. The post EJ Movement Defeats the Energy Permitting Reform Act appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

We have been asked to share the following video to demand the release of falsely accused Indigenous leaders in Nicaragua .

CONTACT: Brett Abrams | [email protected] “After four attempts by big oil and gas to pass a dirty deal, which would have slashed community rights and due process along with environmental safeguards that protect us all, we have defeated outgoing Senator Manchin’s energy permitting reform! This would not have been possible without the sustained action and The post CJA Applauds Environmental Justice Movement & Legislators Who Stood with Communities to Beat Back Manchin’s Dirty Deal appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

Via the Social Documentary Network Click image to view exhibit (external link) This exhibit, “Brazil’s Green Deserts and Eucalyptus Invasion,” documents Indigenous Peoples, Quilombola communities and social movements in Brazil struggling to reclaim their lands from industrial eucalyptus plantations. The photos were taken in 2023 in the states of Espiritó Santo, Bahía and Mato Grosso do Sul

What is artificial intelligence and how are some corporate interests seeking to hand over the development of genetically engineered organisms to it?  What is artificial intelligence and how are some corporate interests seeking to hand over the development of genetically engineered organisms to it?  Join us as we unpack this question with Jim Thomas, an

Delivered by: Nada Al-Nashif United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Location: Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room XX On December 9, 2024, Nada Al-Nashif, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, presented an oral update “as mandated by Human Rights Council resolution 52/2‎, requesting the High Commissioner to monitor and report on

https://youtu.be/LO6UwsNBpyg In the lush landscapes of Chile’s Lake Lleu Lleu, a remarkable story of resilience unfolds. Here, the largest region under Mapuche control is led by a collective of women who are reclaiming their ancestral lands and restoring their heritage amidst decades of displacement and political repression. This struggle is deeply personal for Claudia Winkaxipay,

https://youtu.be/NrtjniIwbU0?feature=shared COP29 in Crisis: Small Island Nations and Climate Finance 🌍 In this interview with KFPA Evening News on Saturday, November 23, 2024, we unpack the dramatic walkout at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where negotiators from small island states and least developed nations protested against inadequate climate finance commitments. Amid growing frustrations, climate activists and