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PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD: Week of July 5 – 9, 2021
PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD
Indian Country Today – US boarding schools to be investigated
Flowers, children’s shoes and other items rest at a memorial at the Eternal flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, in recognition of discovery of children’s remains at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)
TOP STORIES/HEADLINES: Week of July 5 – 9, 2021
TOP STORIES
Special Announcement: EPA will be hosting Tribal listening sessions on today’s release of $50 Million in American Rescue Plan to help fund Tribal air quality monitoring. NTAA will be providing more information on this breaking story!
CNN – First on CNN: Biden administration ramps up investment in environmental justice
U.S. House Appropriations Committee – Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2022 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Funding Bill
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
U.S. EPA – EPA Announces Renewed Consultation and Coordination with Oklahoma Tribal Nations
WEKU – Another KY Coal Plant To Retire, But The Pollution Remains
Daily Sun – At Greyhills Academy in Tuba City, STEM students help chart their own course
NY Times – How G.O.P. Laws in Montana Could Complicate Voting for Native Americans
MSNBC – Former Obama EPA official: Biden infrastructure plan ‘strips out’ Black and Brown communities
MIT News – New approach could change how we track extreme air pollution events
The Hill – Focus shifts to EPA on methane regulation after Biden action
The Hill – NASA’s Mars helicopter breaks records in challenging, nerve-wracking flight
Tulsa World – Cherokee Nation becomes first tribe to self-govern tribal transportation
Science Daily – Air pollution during pregnancy may affect growth of newborn babies
Indian Country Today – Evon Peter: Seeking Indigenous success
Desert News – How religious freedom law fails Native Americans
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
NY Times – Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard
The Guardian – ‘We thought it wouldn’t affect us’: heatwave forces climate reckoning in Pacific north-west
The Washington Post – Climate Change has gotten deadly. It will get worse.
The Hill – ‘Eye of fire,’ Exxon lobbyist’s comments fuel renewed attacks on oil industry
Toxics/Mobile Sources
The Washington Post – Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
LA Illuminator – Science catches up to what residents of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ have been saying about pollution
Energy News Network – As car-centric Cape Cod tries to cut emissions, transportation is a challenge
NY Times – Here’s How Biden Aims to Increase Electric Car Sales
Reuters – Factbox: Lifetime carbon emissions of electric vehicles vs gasoline cars
KRQE – Auto dealers weigh in on NM’s proposed clean car rules
Indoor Air Quality
Gizmodo – Heat Pumps Are Ready to Have a Moment
NY Times – Masks Again? Delta Variant’s Spread Prompts Reconsideration of Precautions.
Wired Magazine – The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
Be sure to subscribe to EPA’s IAQ Bulletins
PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD: Week of June 28 – July 2, 2021
PHOTOS FROM THE FIELD
NY Times – Dispossessed Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard
Fawn Sharp, former president of the Quinault Nation and president of the National Congress of American Indians. “The stakes are very, very high,” she said. Photo Credit…Josué Rivas for The New York Times
TOP STORIES/HEADLINES: Week of June 28 – July 2, 2021
TOP STORIES
The Guardian – IPCC steps up warning on climate tipping points in leaked draft report
CNN – House passes resolution that would repeal a Trump-era EPA rule on methane emissions
CNN – ‘We have to act and act fast:’ Biden says climate change is driving wildfires and historic heat wave
NEW! ITEP’s Native Voices Newsletter – June 2021
This issue provides highlights of the 2021 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality (NTFAQ), including recognition of the Virgil Masayesva Award recipients and a fond farewell to EPA’s Laura McKelvey. Also noted is information on the 2021 Status of Tribal Air Report (STAR). Past issues can be found here!
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
NY Times – Air Pollution’s Invisible Toll on Your Health
EPA – EPA Announces $50 Million to Fund Environmental Justice Initiatives Under the American Rescue Plan
NPR – How 165 Words Could Make Mass Environmental Destruction An International Crime
LA Times – California’s drought and wildfire dangers rising at stunning pace
Washington Post – Trump appointees allowed terminated EPA staffers to keep receiving salaries, watchdog report says
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
AP – Blackouts in US Northwest due to heat wave, deaths reported
Mother Jones – Why the Northwest’s “Heat Dome” Is So Dangerous
Indian Country Today – California tribe declares climate emergency
Yahoo Finance – Nunavut communities tackle climate change using Indigenous knowledge and science
Vox – 6 crucial climate actions the Senate left out of its infrastructure deal
The Washington Post – Before condo collapse, rising seas long pressured Miami coastal properties
Retuers – Climate change threatens age-old indigenous food systems, says UN
Mother Jones – Climate Change Puts Homeowners of Color at Greater Economic Risk
Grist – California just committed itself to “an unprecedented amount” of clean energy
Politico – Northwest heat wave wilts new GOP climate resolve
Toxics/Mobile Sources
Reuters – U.S. biofuel groups urge EPA to curb oil refinery waivers despite ruling
Climate Home News – Mega oil project in Russia’s far north threatens Arctic Indigenous communities
New Republic – How Tax Breaks for Fossil Fuel Companies Inflated Profits for Oil and Gas Drilling
AP – Senate OKs bill to certify farm practices limiting emissions
Desert Sun – Oil bankruptcies leave environmental cleanup bill to California taxpayers
Diesel Technology Forum – 46.4% of Commercial Trucks Operating in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska now Powered by Newest-Generation Near-Zero Emissions Diesel Technology
Indoor Air Quality
NY Times – Masks Again? Delta Variant’s Spread Prompts Reconsideration of Precautions.
Wired Magazine – The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
Be sure to subscribe to EPA’s IAQ Bulletins