from Indian Country News by way of the Earth First! Newswire: The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe tribe has opened a treaty harvest and educational camp on public lands in the Penokee Hills, near the site of the proposed worlds largest open pit iron mine, upstream from the Bad River Reservation. The site includes an area [...]

From the Earth First! Newswire: From Solidarity Spring To Sovereignty Summer: An International Callout To All Indigenous Peoples, Supporters, Allies Of Idle No More & Defenders Of The Land by Idle No More Over the past few months, Idle No More has ignited a spiritual fire in the hearts of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples to [...]

From Seeds for Peace: This summer, people from across the country will come together to stop the first tar sands mine in the USA from ever breaking ground. Activists from Utah-based organizations Peaceful Uprising, Canyon Country Rising Tide, Before it Starts, and more have joined forces to make sure this is a powerful and effective moment in the growing movement to [...]

Three stories (and action alerts) from across the hemisphere of extraction companies invading indigenous lands: • The Ecologist has published an article about Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales’ plans to “cut hundreds of miles of seismic testing lines [and] drill exploratory wells” in the territory of the indigenous Matsés, also known as the “jaguar people.” [...]

From International Rivers (links added): Eight days ago, representatives of eight indigenous groups from around the Amazon began an occupation of the construction site of the Belo Monte Dam. They are asking the government of Brazil to respect the legal requirement of prior and informed consultation of indigenous peoples and to immediately suspend construction, technical [...]

From Climate Justice Montreal (French below): Let’s create a social media wave, a creative way for each of us to express ourselves on the Line 9 and tar sands issues! (For twitter users: #directlyaffected) The National Energy Board says that the only people who can have a say in the Line 9 hearings must qualify [...]

Fearless Summer has called for a week of action against the fossil fuel and extreme energy industries June 24-29. Visit the site for more info, to  register your action or to find out about planned actions. Also, check out their action calendar for the entire summer.

The  Deep Green Resistance News Service has published an article on the importance of defending Utah from tar sands mining. A few tidbits  stand out in particular. First, on the strategic importance of this fight: It is likely that the PR Springs mine will be the bellwether of Tar Sands mining in the United States. [...]

For those who are in the area, an action camp will take place May 17-19 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Details below. From the Deep Green Resistance News Service: By Thistle Pettersen and Beth Ulion / Deep Green Resistance A proposed iron mining effort would create the largest open pit mine in the world in northern [...]

Forbes has published an analysis speculating that Newmont Mining Corporation may be preparing to cut its losses and abandon its much-embattled plans for the Minas Conga gold mine in Yanacocha, Peru: According to the company’s 2012 annual report, while it remains committed to the $4.8 billion project for the time being, continued opposition may force [...]