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New talks on oil pollution could end indigenous blockade of Amazonian river in Peru

Barbara Fraser 9 Nov 2016

Another pipeline spill reported in Peruvian Amazon as indigenous protests enter eighth week

Barbara Fraser 25 Oct 2016

Struggle against mining on Bangka Island continues despite wins in court

M Ambari 11 Oct 2016
Aerial photo shows the town of San Pablo de Amalí, the Dulcepamba River, and the Hidrotambo dam facility. Photo by Santiago Pastór

Dam opponents claim criminalization by Ecuadorian government

Martha Pskowski 9 Sep 2016
A mural of murdered activists Berta Cáceres in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Photo by disoniador via Pixabay.

In Latin America, environmentalists are an endangered species

Lindsay Fendt 11 Aug 2016

Rio Doce grassroots response arises out of Fundão mining disaster

Zoe Sullivan 8 Jun 2016

Controversial dam officially canceled in Borneo after indigenous protests

Mongabay.com 28 Mar 2016

Indian government cancels Greenpeace India’s registration

Shreya Dasgupta 6 Nov 2015

Indian Court protects Greenpeace against government crackdown again

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Sep 2015

After crackdown, protesters to march again against Ecuador’s ‘extractivism’

Sandra Cuffe 14 Sep 2015

Oil exploration plans in Argentine national park fuel local anger

Greg Norman 26 Aug 2015

With assault rifles and legal hijinks, Harper’s government takes on the Canadian environment

Peter Mellgard 27 Jul 2015

Mining and Energy Contracts under Investigation as Corruption Scandals Rock Guatemala

Sandra Cuffe 22 May 2015

Blockade at Wilmar mill could erupt into full-blown strike

Andi Fachrizal 3 Apr 2015

Dams or indigenous land: the battle over the Munduruku frontier

Ana Aranha 20 Feb 2015

Exclusive: Funai confirms that land threatened by dam projects belongs to indigenous tribe

Ana Aranha 19 Feb 2015

Endangered environmentalists: investigating government crackdowns on green groups

Mongabay.org 19 Nov 2014

Brazilian tribes demarcate territory in bid to block dams

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Nov 2014

Bali uprising: Plan to convert protected area into golf courses, mall spurs outrage

Loren Bell 16 Aug 2014

Photos: Greenpeace stages protest in rainforest destroyed for palm oil

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2014

Snickers, Twix to be deforestation-free

Rhett Ayers Butler 10 Mar 2014

The price of gold: winners and losers in Latin America’s mining industry

Meghan Walsh 5 Mar 2014

Greenpeace stunt targets Procter & Gamble’s Cincinnati headquarters over palm oil

Mongabay.com 4 Mar 2014

Uprising against illegal mining in Indonesia pits villagers against miners, police

Loren Bell 19 Feb 2014

60,000 protest in Australia to keep carbon price

Jeremy Hance 18 Nov 2013

Murum dam blockaders may be suffering human rights violations warns NGOs

Jeremy Hance 12 Nov 2013

Bangladesh plans massive coal plant in world’s biggest mangrove forest

Jeremy Hance 11 Nov 2013

8 tribesmen arrested in Borneo dam protest

Mongabay.com 7 Nov 2013

Indigenous groups expel workers, blockade another dam in Sarawak

Jenny Denton 5 Nov 2013

Russia charges imprisoned Greenpeace protestors with hooliganism, instead of piracy

Shaun Walker 24 Oct 2013

Russia charges non-violent activists with ‘piracy’ for protesting Arctic oil drilling

Jeremy Hance 7 Oct 2013

Borneo tribesmen block road as controversial rainforest dam impoundment begins

Mongabay.com 27 Sep 2013

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