In the Amazon, solar power is about safety, communication, food security, & the power for Indigenous peoples to protect the rainforest. Learn how Amazon Watch's #PowerToTheProtectors program, along with our renewable energy partners, is advancing Indigenous-led energy solutions. 🌞🌿

Power to the Protectors: Indigenous-Led Energy for a Stronger Amazon | Amazon Watch

Indigenous-led renewable energy solutions can strengthen self-determination, protect forests, and equip communities to defend their territories and build resilient futures.

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📣 @oilchange.org releases findings that Trump admin’s energy + AI dominance policies + hostility to renewables will make it harder for working families to afford their energy bills. Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.

Pay, Baby, Pay: Why Trump's Energy & AI Dominance Agenda Means Higher Bills For Everyone

Trump's energy and AI agenda could DOUBLE wholesale gas prices over the next decade, outpacing inflation and driving up energy bills.

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🌿 Shoutout to our incredible Business Supporters & Artists! Protecting the Amazon, advancing climate justice & Indigenous rights takes all of us. We’re grateful to the businesses & creatives who stand in solidarity with Indigenous-led movements & support the solutions protecting our planet 💚

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Amazon Watch is grateful to the businesses and artists who support our mission to protect the rainforest and our climate in solidarity with Indigenous peoples.

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For 30 years, Amazon Watch has shown up for our partners in the deeply human spaces where grief, resilience, & hope coexist.⁠ In this #VoicesOfSolidarity story, Donald Moncayo, president of @udapt.bsky.social, reflects on years of a shared commitment to justice & #IndigenousRights.

Voices of Solidarity from the Amazon | Donald Moncayo, President of UDAPT

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They didn't receive a favor. They won justice. After decades of struggle, the Kichwa community of Bajo Remanso secured legal title to 16,000+ hectares of their ancestral territory. Now Colombia must deliver accountability for the Remanso Massacre. Read more:

They Delivered Justice, Not a Favor | Amazon Watch

The Remanso Massacre was not an isolated act. It is part of a wider pattern of violence sweeping across the Colombian Amazon and the tri-border zone where Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador converge.

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Chevron spilled hydrocarbons into the SF Bay, again. They call it “less than a barrel,” like that makes it okay. This is a pattern: flaring, leaks, violations. Our communities & waters keep paying for their negligence. Enough is enough. #MakeChevronPay #NoMoreFossilFuels

Chevron Reports Hydrocarbon Spill Into San Francisco Bay

Wednesday's leak adds to a series of refinery incidents that have drawn public attention in recent years.

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🚨 NEW REPORT: The Colombia–Ecuador–Peru tri-border is at a dangerous point. Illegal gold is overtaking cocaine, militarization is expanding, and Indigenous communities are caught between armed groups and state violence. Read our latest investigation with Amazon Underworld.

Triple Trouble: Geopolitics, Illicit Economies, and the Risks of the “War Against Narco-Terrorism” in the Colombia-Ecuador-Peru Tri-Border | Amazon Watch

A new report by Amazon Watch and Amazon Underworld documents how U.S.-backed militarization, expanding criminal economies, and incoming right-wing governments are converging in one of the most volatil...

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Last day to vote 🚨 The Amazon is one of the 🌎 greatest defenses against climate change & Indigenous peoples are its strongest defenders. Vote for Amazon Watch through the CREDO Donations program to unlock critical funding for Indigenous-led efforts to defend biodiversity & advance climate justice.

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Illegal mining & pollution threaten the rivers surrounding the Kichwa community of Capirona in the Ecuadorian Amazon. We're proud to be collaborating with Capirona on a water tank installation project to help improve access to clean water while they continue defending their territory. #WaterIsLife

In Ecuador, an Indigenous community goes thirsty despite its two rivers

In the mining-plagued Ecuadorian Amazon, not even two rivers are enough to ensure safe water for an Indigenous community.

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🌿 Today on #WorldRainforestDay, we honor the Amazon & its peoples. “Acontecer,” a new global collaboration from Playing For Change, brings together voices, including Manu Chao, to ask a powerful question: What will happen? 🎶 This song is a call to protect the Amazon & Indigenous rights.

Playing For Change Brings Together Manu Chao and Alexandre Carlo in a Song for the Amazon | Amazon Watch

Today, Playing For Change, a global project known for bringing together musicians from different countries in collaborative videos, released the song “Acontecer,” an international call to protect the ...

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Today, the Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku return to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to demand that the Ecuadorian State fully comply with the historic 2012 ruling in the Sarayaku vs. Ecuador case, a precedent that transformed the defense of Indigenous rights across the region. 🧵

“We deserve transparency, we need to know what’s coming next” - Seng So (@Apen4EJ) on KPFA. #SB1259, being heard in the Assembly today, will help protect Californians from footing the cost of Big Oil’s mess by requiring refineries to disclose closure and remediation costs.

Carson Refinery Cleanup & Rescued Beagles | KPFA

Asian Pacific Environmental Network’s Seng So & Animal Wellness Action and Center for a Humane Economy founder, Wayne Pacelle.

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You have a direct way to support Indigenous peoples protecting the Amazon by voting on CREDO. How it works: ✔️ It takes less than a minute ✔️ Your vote helps direct real funding ✔️ Every vote = more support for Indigenous-led solutions 👉 Vote now & share!

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This World Environment Day, Chapra Nation President Olivia Bisa Tirko shares how Indigenous courage and global solidarity can challenge the systems driving destruction. 🎥 Watch her story and stand with Indigenous leadership. #WorldEnvironmentDay #DefendTheAmazon

Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of the Amazon & our shared future. Right now, you have a direct way to support them. Voting on CREDO is officially LIVE. Every vote = more support for Indigenous-led solutions. 👉 Vote now & share! www.credodonations.com/organization...

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The fight to protect the Amazon and our planet, depends on truth. Join @Mongabay for a powerful webinar on how environmental journalism works, & how we can all better support stories that hold power accountable & uplift frontline voices. 🗓 Monday, June 1, 2026, 3 p.m. UTC 🌎 Live via Zoom, register

How Journalism Works - Environmental Journalism and Education

How do journalists decide what to report? What makes a story idea worth considering? And how can organizations, researchers, practitioners, and communities share information in a way that is clear, re...

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Chevron shareholders, Indigenous leaders, and human rights advocates confronted the company today at its AGM over ongoing environmental destruction and human rights abuses across its global operations.

Chevron Shareholders Face Mounting Global Revolt Over Human Rights Abuses, Environmental Racism, and Corporate Impunity | Amazon Watch

Shareholders, Indigenous leaders, human rights defenders, and environmental justice advocates converged on Chevron's Annual General Meeting today.

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New coverage from teleSUR highlights an Amazon Watch report exposing a dangerous alliance in Peru’s Amazon. 🌿 Drug trafficking and illegal gold mining now operate as one system, sharing routes, money, and control over Indigenous lands. This is a growing crisis of criminal power. Read & share.

Informe alerta sobre simbiosis entre narcotráfico y minería ilegal en Amazonía peruana - teleSUR

El estudio revela cómo la extracción de oro y el cultivo de coca comparten logística, financiamiento y armamento ante la débil presencia estatal en la Amazonía de Perú.

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Brazilian courts are pushing back on Canadian mining in the Amazon. Two rulings strengthened Indigenous resistance, calling out sham “consultations” & blocking agencies from defending corporate interests. From Mura territory to the Xingu, communities are asserting their right to decide. Read more:

Brazilian Court Mounts Pressure on Canadian Mining Companies Operating in the Amazon | Amazon Watch

“Waking up to this news brought us extreme happiness. Every victory, small or large, strengthens our work even more."

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From the Ecuadorian Amazon to Richmond, CA people are rising against decades of pollution, enviro racism, & corporate impunity. Chevron dumped billions of gallons of toxic waste, refuses to pay $9.5B judgment & continues its harm worldwide. It's time Chevron be held accountable. #AntiChevronDay

Today is Anti-Chevron Day! This weekend, at the gates of Chevron’s Richmond refinery, communities from the Amazon to CA gathered for the 13th annual #AntiChevronDay to demand justice, accountability & a fossil free future #CleanUpEcuador #EndChevron @amazonwatch.org amazonwatch.org/news/2026/05...

Criminal networks spread across the Amazon U.S. military response may increase violence, experts say

Criminal networks spread across the Amazon

U.S. military response may increase violence, experts say

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Hope after a climate conference? It’s rare. But that’s what Santa Marta delivered. For the first time, countries focused on the root of the crisis: fossil fuels, not just emissions. 🧵 What changed:

Indigenous Peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon are saying NO to new oil rounds on their ancestral lands. The government is moving forward anyway. This is about land, rights, and our global climate. Stand in solidarity to stop oil expansion in the Amazon. ✊🌿 amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

Stop New Oil Rounds in the Ecuadorian Amazon! | Amazon Watch

Join this urgent call to halt the expansion of the oil frontier in the Ecuadorian Amazon!

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The Tapajós River is not a shipping route. It is life. In this powerful op-ed, Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Munduruku leader, shares how her people stopped the privatization of their river & why the fight is not over. Read & share this frontline account of what’s at stake in the Amazon.

Wall Street Must Stop Financing the Destruction of the Amazon | Opinion

"We depend on the river and the land to live. When they are destroyed, we are destroyed with them."

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Join us for the 13th annual Anti-Chevron Day. Rise for a future beyond Chevron, one rooted in justice, regeneration, & community power. 11am Indigenous Opening Ceremony at Keller Beach 12pm Festival at Judge Carroll Park 1pm Rolling Festival March There will be live music, art, & speakers.

Fossil Free Future Festival: Joyful Resistance to Chevron

Fossil-Free Future Festival: Joyful Resistance to Chevron Chevron's shadow has loomed over Richmond since its inception, but now we are dreaming of a future beyond fossil fuels, where Richmond is for...

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Indigenous organizations across the Amazon are sending a letter to the U.N. today warning that organized crime is rapidly expanding, fueling violence, environmental destruction, and undermining Indigenous governance.

Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime, not militarize territories

Indigenous organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America have sent a letter to the United Nations warning that organized crime — including illegal mining, drug trafficking and logging — is dr...

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Indigenous leaders at the U.N. sounded the alarm: organized crime is taking over the Amazon, and militarization is making it worse. The solution is Indigenous governance, rights, & community-led protection. A new report, Amazon Under Siege, shows what’s at stake & what works.

Indigenous Peoples Call on U.N. Action as Organized Crime Expands Across the Amazon | Amazon Watch

Indigenous leaders who gathered at the U.N. Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues are demanding a decisive shift away from failed militarized responses toward rights-based approaches that center Indige...

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At the Peru–Brazil border, an abandoned checkpoint is now run by Indigenous communities, not as protest, but for survival. 🧵

Gold prices rise. So does violence in the Amazon. Indigenous leaders warn: global conflict is driving illegal mining, toxic rivers, and attacks on communities. This isn’t development, it’s destruction. 📖 Read & stand with those defending the forest ✊ amazonwatch.org/news/2026/05...

A New Gold Rush Threatens the Amazon | Amazon Watch

Whenever gold returns to the center of global geopolitics, the Amazon comes back into the crosshairs. The war between the United States and Iran has put the metal back on the radar of markets, investo...

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