"Although a step in the right direction, the changes fall far short of what is needed to prevent violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights & halt large scale destruction of critical ecosystems like the Amazon biome-accelerating toward a catastrophic tipping point." amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...

"These tragedies reveal an undeniable truth: no matter how much money is mobilized, the social, environmental, cultural and economic damage caused by oil extraction is irreversible." - Olivia Bisa, First Woman Leader of the Chapra Nation #EndFossilFuels www.thebanker.com/content/d9fe...

💥NEW EPISODE💥 Chevron Awarded $220 Million in Amazon Pollution Case in Ecuador w/ @amazonwatch.org’s @paulpaz.bsky.social 🎙️: bit.ly/48XDy3d

Indigenous People Are Leading the End of the Fossil Fuel Era in the Amazon | Opinion in Newsweek by Leila Salazar-Lopez and Patricia Gualinga #COP30 #EndFossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon www.newsweek.com/indigenous-p...

Have you ever had a bad neighbor? The kind that makes you sick, literally? Big Oil company Energy Transfer is all of our neighbors. Their long history of spills, explosions, emissions, and safety violations proves that they’re harming communities. Read More: www.greenpeace.org/usa/bad-neig...

From Self-Government to Climate Leadership: The Wampis Nation’s Story #AmazonCrime #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...

BREAKING: Brazil’s Senate Rams Through Constitutional Amendment Imperiling Indigenous Lands and Communities Mining companies stand to benefit as Indigenous organizations warn of impending human rights and environmental disaster amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...

Jani Silva is a renowned environmental activist in Colombia’s Amazon, but she has been unable to live in her house for nearly a decade.

"A debt is not owed to Chevron. A debt is owed to the Amazonian families still waiting for truth, justice, and full reparation."​

Amazon Watch Responds to Reports That Ecuador Told To Pay $220 Million to Chevron. “We stand with affected communities & urge Pres. Noboa to reject this illegitimate award & enforce Ecuadorian law by ensuring Chevron pays its debt to those it poisoned.” amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...

BREAKING: notoriously corporate-friendly & undemocratic investor arbitration panel announced the people of Ecuador should pay gross polluter Chevron $220 million because they successfully sued for deliberately dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste in the Amazon. (1/3)

[email protected]: Colombian authorities must go beyond providing bodyguards & prosecute those behind threats & attacks on defenders & alleged links between the Commandos, multinational oil & mining companies accused of enviro damage should be investigated... apnews.com/article/colo...

This Is What True Climate Leadership Looks Like Indigenous women and the grassroots Amazonian movement carried #COP30 on their shoulders. Amazon Watch at COP. #EyeOnTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/news/2025/12...

Add several more zeros and you’re getting close. Chevron is a global corporate criminal responsible for death and environmental destruction across the globe (much of it deliberate). #EndChevron “Chevron fined $900K for Richmond refinery violations” www.kron4.com/news/bay-are...

Today is #GivingTuesday 💚 Be part of the solution for the Amazon: advancing Indigenous rights, protecting the Amazon, and safeguarding the global climate! All donations matched today up to $50,000! amazonwatch.org/donate

More than four centuries ago, Spanish colonizers tried to force their way into Wampís territory in search of gold. The Wampís defeated them and were never conquered. That legacy of resistance continues today. 🌿⚡️

“We Need to Be Heard”: Indigenous Amazon Defender Alessandra Korap Munduruku on #COP30 Protest. #IndigenousLandRightsNOW www.democracynow.org/2025/11/21/i...

Kevin Koenig, Amazon Watch: “We really try to have a united front on the need to get off fossil fuels, whether that’s the Amazon or California.” [We're] pushing lawmakers to turn the resolution into a formal task force on Amazon-related extraction & CA’s role in it. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

They are calling “to end the persecution of our land defenders,” says Diana Chávez, member of the Pastaza Kichwa Nation, with Pakkiru, an Indigenous organization based in Ecuador’s Amazon. “We’re fighting to keep our territories.” #DefendEarthDefenders www.democracynow.org/2025/11/18/e...

Thx ppl of Ecuador! By defeating Noboa's plans they protected the Rights of Nature & Indigenous self-determination in their constitution. Huge win for enviro justice & Indigenous Rights & major blow to Noboa’s plans to drill for more oil in the Amazon! insideclimatenews.org/news/1711202...

Indigenous communities in the Amazon are demanding protection of their rights at the U.N. Climate Change Conference.

This weekend Ecuadorians will make a HUGE decision about the future: “They are trying to erase every [protection] from the constitution for [mining companies] to have more access to explore more gold, copper, and other resources,” says Indigenous leader Majo Andrade Cerda. time.com/7333784/ecua...

BREAKING: LIVE at #COP30 at 10:30am PST - Amazonian Indigenous leaders on the need to make the Amazon rainforest & watershed a No-Go Zone for extractive industries like oil, gas, mining, and agribusiness that are drivers of deforestation and catalysts for climate change. unfccc.int/event/amazon...

All these #StarTrek related actors have joined Amazonia Calling and @amazonwatch.org to stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples protecting the Amazon — and with it, the future of water, climate, and life on Earth. 🌍 #COP30 Join them by signing the Pledge at: amazoniacalling.org

At #COP30, JPMorgan Chase quietly added the Amazon Biome to its “enhanced review” list. A small step from the world’s top financier of Amazon oil & gas, but far from what’s needed. #EndAmazonCrude amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

🚨NEW @PriceofOil report launched at #COP30: Behind the Barrel: An Update on the Origins of Israel’s Fuel Supply. Between Nov 2023–Oct 2025, 25 countries shipped 21.2M tonnes of oil + fuel to Israel, including military jet fuel. 🔗 behindthebarrel.org #BehindTheBarrel #StopFuelingGenocide

“The government wants to drill for oil in the Amazon & build a railway. We will all face problems if this continues. I told Lula not to exploit oil in the Amazon & that we don’t want the Ferrogrão. If necessary, I’ll scold [him]. He must show respect,” Raoni stated. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

BREAKING: Hundreds of Global Artists and Cultural Influencers Support Historic Indigenous Declaration Demanding Bold Action to Protect the Amazon at #COP30 #CrimateCrisis #DefendTheAmazon #AmazoniaCalling #IndigenousRights amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

Colombia's president not only understands the urgency, he actually supports doing something about it. Unlike so many other leaders. He supports the call to "develop a roadmap to break dependence on fossil fuels." #COP30 #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuels english.elpais.com/opinion/2025...

To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published. Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom

“I cannot share social media posts about this journey because there are people who might send assassins to kill me if they knew my location,” said one activist, whose name has been withheld for his safety. #YakuMama #AmazonFlotilla #COP30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Amazon Watch is at #COP30... why? Because it's the FIRST time the UN climate conference is taking place in the Amazon and THOUSANDS of Indigenous allies will be there. If you are there or want to know more about what is happening, here is a list of events at COP: amazonwatch.org/get-involved...

The rainforest is at a dangerous tipping point. Indigenous Peoples are protecting life in the Amazon. It’s time for the world to stand with them. Add your name to support the call at #COP30 to declare Indigenous lands free from all extraction. #DefendTheAmazon #TakeAction & SHARE! amwt.ch/~95o

"Belém can be remembered as a turning point—when the world stopped treating the Amazon as a victim & began dismantling criminal economies driving its collapse. Choice is stark: dismantle networks of destruction or lose a rainforest that sustains life itself." www.openglobalrights.org/the-fight-ag...

NEW REPORT: 🔥 AMAZONIA IN DANGER OF EXTINCTION 🔥 Every tree that falls brings us closer to the point of no return, where the jungle will stop producing life and begin to die. 🌎 The Amazon cannot wait any longer. We need to protect and restore at least 80% before 2030. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

California leaders have the opportunity to stand up to Big Oil’s influence. Say no to being bought out by fossil fuel companies, who have already spent over $7 million on lobbying in 2025 www.apenaction.org/2025/11/03/b...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Amazon Watch & Allies at #COP30 in Belem “COP30 must mark a turning point, from promises to action, from extraction to regeneration, & from political speeches to Indigenous sovereignty.” - Leila Salazar-López. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/11...

#COP30 is happening in the Amazon in just days. THANKS to all these artists who are supporting the Indigenous Declaration - Amazon Free from Extraction! amazoniacalling.org (check them out on Instagram: @amazonia_calling) #ClimateCrisis #ActOnClimate #IndigenousRights

🌎 From the heart of the Amazon to #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous peoples and allies are demanding the Amazon be an exclusion zone for extractive activities. The future of the planet depends on it. Amazon Watch will be there, learn why: amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10... #ClimateJustice #IndigenousRights

#AmazonCrime Campaign Update Standing With the Kakataibo: Resilience amid Peru’s crisis of corruption and organized crime The Kakataibo’s experience offers a close look to Amazonian peoples confronting the convergence of crime, corruption, and governmental neglect. amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10...

BREAKING: Over 130 International Organizations Denounce Escalating State Violence in Ecuador and Call for Global Action to Protect Human Rights“ #HumanRights #EndStateViolence amazonwatch.org/news/2025/10...

TAKE ACTION against militarization, arrests, and censorship in Ecuador. Tell President Noboa his government must end the crackdown and respect Indigenous rights. #DefendIndigenousRights #ProtectTheAmazon amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

Don't come to us to peddle "new technological solutions to climate change" when YOU'RE STILL FUNDING DEFORESTATION! #EndDeforestation US financial institutions made $5.4B from deforesting companies between 2016-24. Vanguard, JPMorgan Chase & BlackRock top earners. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

This #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we’re honored to share a message from Helena Gualinga, Kichwa activist from Sarayaku, Ecuador – one of the most powerful voices of her generation. #EndAmazonCrude mailchi.mp/amazonwatch/...

“Oil catalyzes corruption and dependence, stifles diversification of economies and definitely does not help poverty reduction,” says Andrew Miller, advocacy director at Amazon Watch. #EndAmazonCrude news.mongabay.com/2025/10/mps-...

“We used to only see it in the Madre de Dios region but now we’re seeing it everywhere”, said MAAP’s director, Matt Finer. Learn more here: www.maapprogram.org/gold-mining-... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

El Pais: A just energy transition must begin from the principle of shared but differentiated responsibility. COP30 in Brazil will be a decisive test: will govts commit to declaring the Amazon a fossil-free region, or allow it to become a sacrifice zone?- K. Koenig english.elpais.com/climate/2025...

Learn more at chevrontoxico.com #ChevronToxico #CleanUpEcuador #EndChevron

A massive fire erupted last night at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo. This horrible disaster is yet another reminder of the grave dangers the fossil fuels economy poses to California communities.

The last time a Chevron refinery blew up like this it was found criminally liable and sent 15.000 Richmond residents to the hospital. Chevron is a menace. abc7.com/live-updates...