Andrew E. Miller

Ecuador and oil: a challenge for democracy and the Amazon Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, more than 950,000 square kilometers have been opened for oil and gas exploration in Latin America and the Caribbean, an area larger than Venezuela

El Pais: A just energy transition must begin from the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility. COP30 in Brazil will be a decisive test: will govts commit to declaring the Amazon a fossil-free region, or allow it to become a sacrifice zone?- K. Koenig english.elpais.com/climate/2025...

La navegación silenciosa de Kara Solar: un proyecto que apuesta a la transición energética en la Amazonía ecuatoriana Embarcaciones propulsadas con energía solar navegan el territorio achuar, en la Amazonía ecuatoriana, abandonando los combustibles fósiles.

🚤🌞 Imagina navegar la #Amazonía con canoas silenciosas, limpias y sin contaminación. Así es Kara Solar, un proyecto que busca transformar el transporte en la selva ecuatoriana con energía solar.

Los detalles aquí ⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2025/10/kara...

YouTube video by Carbon Market Watch Human rights and wrongs in carbon credit projects: Testimonies from the Maasai people

Representatives of the Maasai community of northern Tanzania were in Brussels to shed light on the human rights and wrongs of carbon market projects.

In collaboration with the Maasai International Solidarity Alliance (MISA), CMW was honoured to host them.

Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_5...

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists - Inside Climate News Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organi...

“Chijallta FICI denounces with deep pain & indignation the murder of our brother and respected community leader.” calling the killing “the most painful proof that the Government has opted for war and blood instead of listening to the just demands of the people.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Indigenous Land Defender Killed in Ecuador as Government Cracks Down on Environmental and Human Rights Activists - Inside Climate News Efraín Fueres was gunned down Sunday while marching in protest against high costs of living and government crackdowns that include freezing the bank accounts of activists and suspending a media organi...

Efraín Fueres, an Indigenous land defender, was shot and killed in Ecuador on Sunday while marching in protest of high living costs and government crackdowns on Indigenous and environmental activists.

The fate of flying rivers could decide Amazon ‘tipping point,’ report says Experts often warn about the “tipping point” for the Amazon, a scenario in which the rainforest collapses into a drier, less biodiverse savanna ecosystem. But the term “tipping point” is sometimes…

The Amazon’s “tipping point” refers to the transition of the rainforest into a drier, savanna ecosystem.

The rainforest’s ecological balance depends on the transport and recycling of moisture, but deforestation has been shown to disrupt the region’s water cycle.

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’

Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

Paul Paz y Miño and Steven Donziger from Rainforests to Courtrooms Podcast Episode · Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin · 09/23/2025 · 45m

Our Dep. Dir. @paulpaz.bsky.social joined human rights lawyer Steven Donziger on Alec Baldwin's podcast to discuss Chevron, SLAPP suits (& the lawyers who enable them like Gibson Dunn) & the ETP v Greenpeace case. Lawfare & threats to free speech continue to grow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Government of Colombia Announces First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels — The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative During the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, Colombia proudly announces its plan to host the First International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026. The ...

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines:

🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026

Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference

#FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Mass protests have been held across Brazil against a bill that could grant amnesty to former president Jair Bolsonaro and others sentenced for their role in a 2023 coup attempt.

Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail

“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”

Protecting Indigenous Amazon lands may also protect public health, study says Indigenous territories are widely recognized as vital for conserving the environment and biodiversity, but far less is known about their role in protecting human health. Only recently have…

Researchers found that Indigenous territories can effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases if they’re located in municipalities with at least 40% forest cover.

🚨 Following a vote, Progressive Caucus has ENDORSED Block the Bombs Act, led by @ramirez.house.gov

100,000 Ecuadorians protest Canadian mining project threatening key water source More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact…

More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.

The fossil fuel industry floats on the biggest public subsidy in human history.

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

“I’m Not Going to Give Up”: Leonard Peltier on Indigenous Rights, His Half-Century in Prison & More Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman sat down with longtime political prisoner and Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier for his first extended television and radio broadcast interview since his release to h...

Full interview now available on our website ⤵️
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/le...

Cocaine prices are down, so that’s a start.

Charlie Kirk's extremism was fossil fueled Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.

The fossil fuel industry is behind most of the climate disinformation you see and hear today.

Charlie Kirk was no exception.

@amnesty.org has released a report on the "global political economy” enabling genocide against Palestinians.

The report names Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems, Hyundai and Palantir, among others.

Trans rights are human rights.

New threats target land and environmental rights defenders Land and environmental defenders face extreme violence, criminalisation and lack of protection around the world, with 146 killed or disappeared in 2024

“Land and environmental defenders – those protecting our forests, rivers, and lands across the world – continue to be met with unspeakable violence. They are being hunted, harassed, and killed – not for breaking laws, but for defending life itself.”

-Laura Furones, @globalwitness.org

An Average Week in 2024: Three Environmental Defenders Murdered or Disappeared - Inside Climate News The mining industry is the sector linked to the most attacks against people trying to protect the environment and their homelands.

One of the most important stories I write every year is on the annual death count of environmental defenders.

They are people who peacefully try to protect the environment and their homelands from pollution, degradation and destruction. 🧵

insideclimatenews.org/news/1609202...

To the 31 House Democrats who voted with Trump: I would never vote to disenfranchise your constituents, undermine their democratic rights, or impose harsher penalties on them against their will. Regrettably, you have done exactly that to my constituents and legislative body. Shame 😪

120 land and environmental defenders killed or disappeared in Latin America last year, report finds A report by Global Witness reveals that at least 146 land and environmental defenders have been killed or gone missing worldwide in 2024.

Andrew Miller said transnational criminal networks involved in drug, gold & timber trafficking have become a major force behind threats—& often deadly attacks—against enviro. defenders. "The security situation for defenders across the Amazon is increasingly precarious.” apnews.com/article/envi...

New UN Commission of Inquiry report reinforces the consensus among experts around Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.

As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.

The knock on effect of destroying our soybean farmers will be further growth in Brazil which means more rapid destruction of the Amazon. Then worse storms in the hemisphere. Great work everybody.