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President Donald Trump has withdrawn the U.S. government from an agreement between two states and multiple tribal communities to protect salmon and support alternative energy resources in the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia River Basin.
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In an industry where women make up just 11% of the workforce and Native women barely register a fraction of that, eight Oglala Lakota women are flipping the switch on renewable energy’s gender gap.
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A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging permits granted for the SunZia transmission line.
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A coalition of environmental groups and a tribal government sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a permit allowing mineral exploration on Alaska’s Johnson Tract, arguing the agency failed to adequately assess environmental impacts.
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Lawyers for three nonprofit “green banks” attempted to preserve a court injunction blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating their grants during a hearing Monday at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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A tribal power authority has created the first handbook for tribes navigating millions in unclaimed renewable energy tax credits, stepping outside its normal role to solve a critical knowledge gap in Indian Country.
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Three Alaska Native tribes have joined a conservation advocacy group in challenging a permit issued for a gold mining project in Bonanza Channel, about 25 miles east of Nome.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has been stopped from terminating $14 billion in funding for clean energy financing, including hundreds of millions for projects in Indian Country.
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A nonprofit credit union organization has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency and Citibank, seeking to protect nearly $2 billion in clean energy funding that includes resources designated for tribal communities.
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The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma had calculated the numbers precisely: a community microgrid generating 2.6 million kilowatt hours annually, yielding $280,000 in energy cost savings and reducing tribal members’ energy burden from 11% of annual income closer to the national average of 3%.