Change Takes Courage. Introducing Northern Cheyenne’s Youngest Council Representative. We are excited to share with you Western Native Voice’s Community Spotlight, designed to highlight grassroots organizing and individuals creating change from across Indian Country. This month, we would like to introduce … Continued
A leasing pause will give time to examine and restructure the management of energy resources around climate change, protect community health and the environment, and ensure fair returns to taxpayers. On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed several executive orders, … Continued
After a decade of grassroots organizing and legal battles, organizing groups secured another key win. On January 20, 2021, President Biden revoked key permits on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, stopping a project that the Trump Administration expected to create … Continued
Federal action from our nation’s leaders would help millions of households struggling to pay utility bills. All across the country, rural people are falling behind on their utility bills and electric cooperatives are struggling to meet the demands of our … Continued
It’s time to reform the laws that impact western homes, farms, and ranches when it comes to fossil fuel development. Dawn Stein’s home in Greeley, Colorado, is dwarfed by a 32-foot sound wall. Roughly 1,000 feet away, you can glimpse … Continued
After years of grassroots organizing in Colorado, one of the dirtiest and most costly electricity generators in the U.S. agrees to reduce emissions by 80%. This article was adapted from Western Colorado Alliance’s Clarion newsletter. Lazard Ltd. is the world’s … Continued
Although advocacy and getting out the vote are WNV’s highest priorities, none of it matters if communities aren’t safe. Western Native Voice has been working since May, 2020, to bring Covid relief to their hardest-hit communities in Montana with Covid … Continued
Hydrogeologist Mike Wireman works with Powder River Basin Resource Council and Pavillion citizens to find a secure water source This story is part of WORC’s Living with Oil and Gas narrative project. Mike Wireman stared out across a wide valley … Continued
Healthy soil is a passion for North Dakota farmers Derek and Claire Lowstuter. This story is part of WORC’s Homegrown Stories narrative project and comes from Dakota Resource Council. Stepping foot on Folly Hill Farm, the sound of ducks quacking … Continued
Above: “Representative Deb Haaland (NM-01)” by Moms Clean Air Force is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Representative Haaland’s leadership as Interior Secretary will mark a transformative step towards repairing relationships with Indigenous people and tribal communities and correcting the course … Continued