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1 month agoA Coastal Village Embraced Natural Gas. Now It's Trying to Outrace the Consequences | The Walrus
About fifteen kilometres northwest from Kitamaat is Kitimat, the industrial town that the global mining group Alcan (acquired by Rio Tinto in 2007) carved from the rainforest in the 1950s to house workers and support the needs of its aluminum smelter.
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1 month agoTrump's BLM is going all-in on resource extraction - High Country News
The Trump administration's BLM is prioritizing resource extraction over conservation on 245 million acres of public lands, particularly threatening Oregon's ecologically critical conifer forests and endangered species protections established by the 1995 Northwest Forest Plan.
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3 months agoThe Oak and the Larch by Sophie Pinkham review are Russia's forests the key to its identity?
Russia's forests, containing roughly 642 billion trees, shape national identity, economy, warfare, and political rhetoric through cycles of exploitation and conservation.
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6 months agoIndigenous Priorities Are Just a Checkbox When It Comes to Economic Development | The Walrus
Is it possible for Indigenous nations to define their own priorities within the very same economy built on their oppression and exclusion? In the decade since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its Calls to Action, the Canadian government has failed to shift the foundations of its economic system in a way that would truly make space for Indigenous self-determination. Instead, Indigenous people are told to be grateful that they have a seat at the table, with the menu already set.
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