by Petala Ironcloud | Sep 19, 2026 | AI, Amazon, big tech, data centers, Department of Interior, ESG, Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Rights, Microsoft, New Mexico, News, OpenAI, treaty rights
In 2004, Microsoft’s future chief sustainability officer, Melanie Nakagawa, co-edited a law journal issue on Indigenous peoples’ right to prior informed consent. This month, as a data center developer routed around exactly that standard in New Mexico, she didn’t answer whether it applies to her own company’s work. Ask Google, Amazon, and Microsoft whether they consult Native nations before…
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by Julia Conley | Jul 18, 2026 | animal extinction, Animals, Biodiversity, Department of Interior, Doug Burgum, drilling, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Extinction, Fossil Fuels, Gulf of Mexico, logging, Mining, News, Plants, Trump Administration, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wildlife
“Yet again, the Trump administration has sold out our endangered wildlife to the highest bidder,” said one biodiversity advocate after the US Department of Interior, in a Friday news dump, issued two new policy changes that would weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and make it easier for corporate polluters to prioritize their own bottom lines over habitat protection. The US Fish and…
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