Press Releases

Media requests and inquiries may be directed to:

katherine@wecaninternational.org

(Communications & Outreach Coordinator)

March 2, 2021

Indigenous Women Leaders and Partners to Hold Workshops with BlackRock Representatives

January 14, 2021

Indigenous Women Call Upon Biden to Stop Pipelines and Uphold Indigenous Rights in the Wake of Escalating Climate Chaos and Covid-19 Crises

January 12, 2021

Legislation is Critically Needed to Protect Threatened Roadless Areas in Alaska

December 23, 2020

Women’s Climate Justice Group Joins Lawsuit Targeting Trump Administration’s Elimination of Tongass National Forest Protections

October 28, 2020

Indigenous Women Speak Out Against the U.S. Administration’s Decision to Open Alaska’s Tongass National Forest To Logging and Further Development

October 19, 2020

Indigenous Women Leaders Warn Global Financial Companies to Stop Support for Tar Sands Oil

September 24, 2020

Indigenous Women Respond to U.S. Forest Service Plans to Gut Protections on The Tongass National Forest in Alaska

September 24, 2020

U.S. Forest Service Pushes Ahead to Gut Protections for America’s Climate Forest

September 17, 2020

PRB banks responsible for over US$1.25 trillion in climate-destructive financing since Paris Agreement

September 4, 2020

Trump Administration Launches New Assault on Alaska’s Tongass Old-growth Forest

August 6, 2020

Indigenous Women’s Delegation Advocates to Protect Tongass Forest Homelands in Alaska

July 9, 2020

Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegation Pushes Deutsche Bank for Fossil Fuel Divestment Amidst Pipeline Shutdowns, a Global Pandemic and the Climate Crisis

April 8, 2020

Liberty Mutual Faces Pressure to Exit Tar Sands from Policyholders, Climate and Indigenous Rights Groups

April 1, 2020

Indigenous, Landowner, Environmental, and Conservation Groups Demand TC Energy Immediately Halt All Keystone XL Pipeline Activity amid Coronavirus Public Health Emergency

March 31, 2020

Indigenous Women Call for Systemic Changes to Subsistence Regulations for Further Protection of Indigenous Sovereignty and the Tongass Forest

January 30, 2020

Indigenous Women File OECD Specific Instance Against Credit Suisse for Rights Violations Regarding Pipeline Financing

December 16, 2019

400,000-plus Blast Trump Administration Plan for Old-growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

December 8, 2019

Urgent Call to Action for the Amazon in Crisis

November 21, 2019

With New Equator Principles, Banks Fail to Act on Climate or Indigenous Rights

November 7, 2019

Tlingit Women’s Delegation Travels to Washington, D.C. to Protect Their Forest Homelands in Alaska

October 18, 2019

No more excuses: The World Bank must halt all funding for fossil fuels

October 15, 2019

Trump Administration Paves Way for Old-growth Clearcutting in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

September 26, 2019

Women’s Rights and Climate Activists to Host Briefing on A Feminist Agenda for the Green New Deal

September 25, 2019

Women’s Rights and Climate Activists Launch a Feminist Agenda for a Green New Deal

September 13, 2019

Civil Society to UN Secretary General: Censure Bolsonaro for Amazon Fires and Human Rights concerns

July 23, 2019

Women’s Delegation Will Demand Stronger Action for Human Rights and Climate from Global Banks at Equator Principles Association Consultation

June 23, 2019

Southeast Alaskans Advocate in Support of the 2001 National Roadless Rule

June 18, 2019

Turn Out for the Tongass Rally: Southeast Alaskans Advocate in Support of the 2001 National Roadless Rule

May 3, 2019

New Legislation Protecting Roadless Rule is Key for Preserving America’s Forests

April 18, 2019

Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Change to Speak Out at Public Event and Rally During United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues