Civil liberties groups are concerned that DHS is whipping police into a frenzy about imagined terror threats, resulting in overreactions to protest, quashing of First Amendment rights and political dissent, and police violence.
Alleen Brown
Alleen Brown is an independent investigative journalist. Her reporting on state and corporate repression of Indigenous-led Dakota Access Pipeline opponents at Standing Rock has been cited in civil rights cases, reports submitted to international human rights bodies, and more than a dozen books. Her investigation mapping over 6,500 prisons against heat, wildfire, and flood risk has provided foundational information for organizers and policymakers defining what climate change will mean for mass incarceration. She has reported extensively on the intersections between environmental crises and racism, poverty, immigration, violence against women, and criminalization. She was previously a staff reporter at The Intercept and has written for Grist, The Guardian, Inside Climate News, The Appeal and other publications. Alleen is from St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives in New York.
Posted inNews
Seven Years Later, an Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline
The public comment period on the Army Corps of Engineers draft EIS for the Dakota Access Pipeline closes Dec 13, 2023. The pipeline was built in 2017, but the Standing Rock Sioux tribe are still fighting it to protect their water.
Posted inNews
How Federal Reports about an Eco-terrorist Threat Fueled the Crackdown on Cop City Opponents
The U.S. government’s definition of “eco-terrorists” continues to broaden.
Posted inDrilled
S10, Ep13: Seven Years Later, an Environmental Impact Statement for the Dakota Access Pipeline
Public comment period closes Dec 13 in what may be the last Standing Rock battle
Posted inDrilled
Abeer Butmeh: Living on the Front Lines of a War and the Climate Crisis, in Palestine
Fighting for survival on every level.
Posted inDrilled
S10, Ep9: The Tomato Soup “Controversy”
Climate protests are getting more disruptive—is it working?
Posted inNews
The Tomato Soup “Controversy”
The climate movement is getting more confrontational—is it working?
Posted inLitigation and Law
Climate Cases
In the U.S., the response to climate litigation is often “who cares when this Supreme Court is ultimately going to knock it back anyway?” And the answer is simple: discovery. Discovery is a term that describes the fact-finding phase of civil litigation. During the discovery phase, lawyers can access primary documents, depose current and former […]
Posted inDrilled
S10, Ep1 | The Corporate Push to Criminalize Speech
The more successful climate protestors are, the more effort industry is putting in to criminalize them.
Posted inClimate Justice
The Real Free Speech Threat
Around the world, climate and other environmental protestors are being harassed, attacked, and arrested at an increasing rate. Laws are being passed that levy life-altering prison sentences and fines on protestors arrested near anything deemed “critical infrastructure,” which is defined so broadly it’s hard to find a public space that wouldn’t be near it anymore. […]