How the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Central Americans Out of Their Homes Toward the U.S. | Democracy Now!

Fourth Circuit nixes permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station in Virginia | WV News | wvnews.com

Source: Fourth Circuit nixes permit for Atlantic Coast Pipeline compressor station in Virginia | WV News | wvnews.com

Council votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Asheville

The proclamation states Asheville was built on the homelands and villages of native people who lived here before the Americas were settled. Sage Dunston, and other members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, came for Tuesday night’s vote. Source: Council votes to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Asheville

PW exclusive: Document reveals effort to buy silence of American Indian tribes on Atlantic Coast Pipeline | NC Policy Watch

A law firm specializing in cultural and historic preservation offered American Indian tribes along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline route $1 million each for their tacit support of the controversial project, according to documents obtained by NC Policy Watch. Cultural Heritage Partners (CHP) approached the Lumbee and the Haliwa-Saponi in North Carolina, as well as the […]