A new study shows indigenous resistance cut emissions by at least 25%.
Indigenous-led resistance to 21 fossil fuel projects in the U.S. and Canada over the past decade has stopped or delayed an amount of greenhouse gas pollution equivalent to at least one-quarter of annual U.S. and Canadian emissions.
This is despite an onslaught of attacks against Indigenous activists over the past few years. Over the last few years, victories won against projects through direct actions have led to more than 35 states enacting anti-protest laws, jail time for protestors, thousands of dollars of fines, and even the killing of prominent activists.
Indigenous rights and responsibilities “are far more than rhetorical devices — they are tangible structures impacting the viability of fossil fuel expansion.” Through physically disrupting construction and legally challenging projects, Indigenous resistance has directly stopped projects expected to produce 780 million metric tons of greenhouse gases every year and is actively fighting projects that would dump more than 800 million metric tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year.
The analysis, which used publicly released data and calculations from nine different environmental and oil regulation groups, found that roughly 1.587 billion metric tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions have been halted. That’s the equivalent pollution of approximately 400 new coal-fired power plants — more than are still operating in the United States and Canada — or roughly 345 million passenger vehicles — more than all vehicles on the road in these countries.
“From an Indigenous perspective, when we are confronting the climate crisis we are inherently confronting the systems of colonization and white supremacy as well,” Goldtooth said. “In order to do that, you have to reevaluate how you relate to the world around you and define what your obligations are to the world around you. It’s more than just stopping fracking development and pipelines and it’s more than just developing clean energy, it’s about actually fundamentally changing how we see the world itself.”
Everyone please pay respects to your local Chinese-American restaurant for being the direct heritage of Chinese laborers coming over and learning how to make dishes that resemble home with limited resources as well as trying to cater to more and more white people who were eating at their restaurants
[Image description: A picture of the notes, with a note from kitchen-enthusiast reading, “If anyone is interested, Xiran Jay Zhao on youtube did a video on the history of American Chinese food, its origins, and why you should appreciate it and not discount it or think of it as “fake Chinese food”, and rather you should think of it as a reginal style. Really interesting watch, I recommend it” End ID]
Panic at the Disco is so funny to me… like you hear stories about people leaving a band to pursue a solo career all the time, but this is one of the only cases where all the band members left until the band was just one guy
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