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Hundreds of Native Americans were murdered for their oil in the 1920s. They’re still fighting the US government for what is theirs

This week, director Martin Scorsese releases his film Killers of the Flower Moon: the true story of the mass murder of Osage Native Americans and the plot to steal the tribe’s oil wealth. The film is a powerful telling of what came to be known as the Reign of Terror, a period that resulted in the deaths of as many as 200 Osage. But the story didn’t end there. For the past 27 years, I have been reporting on what happened afterwards. My documentary Long Knife – produced by George DiCaprio, with his son Leonardo’s encouragement – recounts, in the words of the Osage people, what happened in the century since the killings portrayed in the film, from the Terror to oil thievery to today’s fight for sovereignty.

Over the past century, the Osage Nation has continued to suffer massive oil thievery, impoverishment and oil sludge poisoning on their Oklahoma reservation. “It’s not over,” Osage principal chief, Geoffrey Standing Bear, tells me. “It’s still happening.” At the heart of it is legal control of Osage native land by the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, an entity the Osage call the Ma-he-tah, or the Long Knife. Standing Bear, a lawyer himself, likens the arrangement to a military occupation.

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The best of this week’s wildlife photographs, including rescued baby squirrels, a capped langur and battling deer

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Report highlights evidence of workers from Africa and Asia labouring in 42C heat in Dubai to build conference facilities

Migrant workers in Dubai have been working in dangerously hot temperatures to get conference facilities ready for world leaders attending this year’s international Cop28 climate talks, according to a new investigation.

FairSquare, a human rights research and advocacy group, obtained evidence of more than a dozen migrant workers from Africa and Asia labouring outside at three Cop28 sites in early September as temperatures hit 42C (107F) in Dubai – the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Woolsthorpe wind farm gets approval for reduced total number of turbines – but at a much bigger size.

The post Wind farm gets green light for planning change, bigger turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Methane expert Peter Rayner on Australia’s potent climate problem, and a solution. Plus: Origin’s black hole, Genex deals and big battery bids.

The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s methane problem appeared first on RenewEconomy.

The Clean Energy Regulator has issued guidance for those wishing to apply for multi-year monitoring periods (MYMP) under the reformed Safeguard Mechanism.

We can't afford to give free kicks to heavy emitters, especially when Australia needs all the help it can get to reach 82% renewables by 2030.

The post We must not let big emitters greenwash their emissions with renewables free kick appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fortescue outlines its path to "real zero" at its Pilbara mines with plans for multiple gigawatts of solar, wind and battery storage, plus an electrified fleet of trucks and trains.

The post Fortescue lays out huge wind, solar and storage plans to take fossil fuels out of Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.

NSW make $128m commitment to "community projects and employment opportunities" in the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone, to smooth the exit from coal.

The post Sharpe seeks to smooth road to renewable zones with $128m community “downpayment” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Toyota Australia announces $3m tilt at stationary hydrogen fuel cell power generator assembly and distribution, in a deal with France-based EODev.

The post Toyota and Telstra pivot into hydrogen fuel cell generators for off grid sites appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Rio Tinto wants to install 600MW of renewables to replace the gas it uses to extract iron ore – including old mine sites earmarked to host solar farms.

The post Rio Tinto seeks to repurpose old mine sites in 600MW renewables push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Fishing communities on this Indonesian island are locked in a battle with the government over land.

A fall in the number of avian influenza outbreaks is welcomed by the UK's Christmas turkey farmers.

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A lack of specific accounting standards for carbon credit trading has led a major financial industry trade association to publish a whitepaper offering guidance for the treatment of such units.

Australia is looking to overhaul its Climate Active voluntary certification scheme to bring it in line with public, investor, and consumer expectations, as its requirements were viewed by many as woefully out of date.

Half of the world's economies are already well into a period of fossil power decline due to strong renewable growth and efficiency gains, even as demand has increased in many cases, according to analysis from a think-tank published Friday.

Independent expert looking at Origin Energy takeover says there is likely little value for the utility in keeping Eraring open beyond 2025, and any extension would be limited.

The post Keeping Eraring open longer of little value to Origin, says independent expert appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Genex lands off take agreement for proposed Kidston wind project that will form part of the clean energy hub incorporating wind, solar and pumped hydro storage.

The post Genex lands 10-year supply contract for huge Kidston wind project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Applying a social cost of carbon (SCC) to fossil fuels in the US could drastically reduce CO2 emissions while simultaneously improving water quality in the Gulf of Mexico's "dead zone", new research has found.