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                                <DIV align=center> NEWSLETTER | JANUARY 19, 
                                2024</DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--[if mso]>
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                                class=null>Green Rush in Black Hills</H1>
                                <P 
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                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: rgb(33,37,41)">South 
                                Dakota’s Black Hills are no stranger to mining. 
                                The hills — sacred land to the Lakota — have 
                                long been exploited for gold and uranium 
                                deposits, the lands scarred and rivers polluted 
                                in the process. The area is a relatively small 
                                (60 by 100 mile) island of lush trees and 
                                rolling hills amid a vast expanse of grasslands, 
                                but one in every five acres has an active mining 
                                claim. Now, mining companies are eyeing the 
                                region for another resource: 
                                lithium.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
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                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"></P>
                                <P 
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                                style="COLOR: rgb(33,37,41)">In the last decade, 
                                global lithium production has quadrupled, 
                                predominately coming from two places. The first 
                                is a region in Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina 
                                known as the </SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">“Lithium 
                                Triangle.”</SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="COLOR: rgb(33,37,41)"> Lithium 
                                sourced from this region is found in salt flats 
                                and extracted from pools of salty brine through 
                                an evaporation process. The second is Western 
                                Australia, where the mineral is mined from 
                                bedrock in places like Western Australia and 
                                Zimbabwe. Mining companies are preparing for 
                                similar endeavors in the United States in 
                                Nevada, South Dakota, North Carolina, and 
                                more.</SPAN></P>
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                                <P 
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                                style="COLOR: rgb(33,37,41)">Welcome to the 
                                “white gold rush” to procure lithium, a vital 
                                element used to produce the batteries that power 
                                the electric cars, solar cells, and other 
                                technologies of the green energy transition. 
                                This rush is in its initial stages, but already 
                                the same actors who capitalized on past oil and 
                                mineral rushes are positioned to continue 
                                business as usual. This time, climate change is 
                                being exploited to justify the same harmful 
                                extractive practices.</SPAN></P>
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                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px" 
                                class=MsoNormal 
                                align=center><EM><SPAN> Journalist Steward 
                                Sinclair reports on the mining industry’s 
                                mounting interest in South Dakota’s lithium 
                                resources and the Indigenous-led effort to 
                                protect the Black Hills from further 
                                extraction.</SPAN></EM></P>
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                                <H5>Photo by <A style="COLOR: #8dc7de" 
                                href="https://donate.earthisland.org/s/2282550/6bS6aBGb">Chad 
                                Davis</A></H5>
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                                style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 9px; PADDING-LEFT: 18px; PADDING-RIGHT: 18px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; PADDING-TOP: 0px" 
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                                <H1 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5px 0px; FONT-FAMILY: merriweather, georgia, times new roman, serif; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3px; FONT-SIZE: 25px; FONT-WEIGHT: 700" 
                                class=null align=left><STRONG><A 
                                style="COLOR: #5e9aab; TEXT-DECORATION: none" 
                                href="https://donate.earthisland.org/s/2282551/6bS6aBGb">More 
                                Indigenous Land Grabs</A></STRONG></H1>
                                <DIV align=left>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>Another 
                                side effect of the green energy rush — the 
                                permitting process for solar projects in 
                                Washington state is putting Indigenous cultural 
                                resources like ceremonial sites and first foods 
                                at risk, leading some to describe it as a 
                                “broken system” and a “land grab.” (</SPAN><A 
                                style="COLOR: #8dc7de" 
                                href="https://www.hcn.org/issues/56.2/energy-industry-washingtons-solar-permitting-leaves-tribal-resources-vulnerable-to-corporations"><EM>High 
                                Country 
                                News</EM></A><SPAN>)</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--[if mso]>
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                        style="MIN-WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-SPACING: 0 !important; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse !important; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt" 
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                                <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;">
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                                <![endif]--><!--[if mso]>
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                              style="MIN-WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-SPACING: 0 !important; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse !important; MAX-WIDTH: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt" 
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                                style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 9px; PADDING-LEFT: 18px; PADDING-RIGHT: 18px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; PADDING-TOP: 0px" 
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                                <H1 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5px 0px; FONT-FAMILY: merriweather, georgia, times new roman, serif; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3px; FONT-SIZE: 25px; FONT-WEIGHT: 700" 
                                class=null align=left><STRONG><A 
                                style="COLOR: #5e9aab; TEXT-DECORATION: none" 
                                href="https://donate.earthisland.org/s/2282552/6bS6aBGb">Repressing 
                                Resistance</A></STRONG></H1>
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                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN><SPAN>In 
                                just the last few years, Extinction Rebellion 
                                has spurred real action on the climate crisis in 
                                the UK. But the direct action group has also 
                                sparked a backlash, including legislation many 
                                say is aimed at curbing peaceful protest. 
                                (</SPAN><A style="COLOR: #8dc7de" 
                                href="https://drilled.media/news/trfst-UK"><EM>Drilled</EM></A><SPAN>)</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--[if mso]>
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                                <table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;">
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                                <td valign="top" width="600" style="width:600px;">
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                              style="MIN-WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-SPACING: 0 !important; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse !important; MAX-WIDTH: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt" 
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                                <TD 
                                style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 9px; PADDING-LEFT: 18px; PADDING-RIGHT: 18px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; PADDING-TOP: 0px" 
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                                <H1 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5px 0px; FONT-FAMILY: merriweather, georgia, times new roman, serif; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3px; FONT-SIZE: 25px; FONT-WEIGHT: 700" 
                                class=null align=left><STRONG><A 
                                style="COLOR: #5e9aab; TEXT-DECORATION: none" 
                                href="https://donate.earthisland.org/s/2282553/6bS6aBGb">(Im)Pura 
                                Vida</A></STRONG></H1>
                                <DIV align=left>
                                <P 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lato', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 16px"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN 
                                style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black">Costa 
                                Rica may be best known for its “eco-groovy image 
                                and </SPAN><EM><SPAN 
                                style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black">pura 
                                vida</SPAN></EM><SPAN 
                                style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black"> 
                                vibe.” But chemical spraying on the country’s 
                                banana farms has led to one of the highest rates 
                                of pesticide use per capita in the world, to the 
                                great detriment of both people and the 
                                environment. (</SPAN><A style="COLOR: #8dc7de" 
                                href="https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/everything-isn-t-pura-vida-costa-rica"><EM>Sierra 
                                Magazine</EM></A><SPAN 
                                style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: white; COLOR: black">)</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--[if mso]>
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                        style="MIN-WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-SPACING: 0 !important; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse !important; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt" 
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                                <![endif]--><!--[if mso]>
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                              style="MIN-WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-SPACING: 0 !important; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse !important; MAX-WIDTH: 100%; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt" 
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                              cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" 
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                                <TD 
                                style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 9px; PADDING-LEFT: 18px; PADDING-RIGHT: 18px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; PADDING-TOP: 0px" 
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                                <H1 
                                style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 5px 0px; FONT-FAMILY: merriweather, georgia, times new roman, serif; LETTER-SPACING: 0.3px; FONT-SIZE: 25px; FONT-WEIGHT: 700" 
                                class=null align=left><STRONG><A 
                                style="COLOR: #5e9aab; TEXT-DECORATION: none" 
                                href="https://donate.earthisland.org/s/2282554/6bS6aBGb">Powerful 
                                Programming</A></STRONG></H1>
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                                style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)">“A fig is wasp 
                                cradle and wasp grave, a tree is an orgy in a 
                                cemetery, and each lime green or dark purple 
                                globe contains enough seeds to ravage and ravish 
                                a countryside.” A wonderful, whimsical 
                                rumination on the essential kernels of life. 
                                </SPAN>(</SPAN><A style="COLOR: #8dc7de" 
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                                Place 
                                Journal</EM></A><SPAN>)</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><!--[if mso]>
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