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NTAA is pleased to announce the publication of the 2020 Tribal Healthy Homes Guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. These four new guides provide information and action steps on health-related impacts for Tribal families, Tribal leadership, as well as medical and housing professionals. They aim at preventing disease and injury by improving Tribal home environments. These guides were based on extensive input from the National Tribal Air Association’s Indoor Air Quality Work Group. You can access them on NTAA’s website.

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Indian Country Today – A cleaner and wilder planet on this Earth Day

In this April 21, 2020 photo, people walk past an Earth globe sculpture at Thea’s Park in Tacoma, Wash., with the West Rock Paper Mill in the background. Wednesday is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and observance that helped spur activism against air and water pollution and disappearing plants and animals, but ongoing challenges remain throughout the world. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Reuters – A U.S. tribe’s uphill battle against climate change

A seawall, damaged by storm surges and high tides, stands along the coastline near Quinault Indian Nation’s main village. REUTERS/STEPHANIE KEITH

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Washington Post – ‘We could get wiped out’: American Indians are bracing for covid-19 – yet another deadly virus

The Lummi Tribal Health Center in Washington State is bracing for the deadly coronavirus. (Jovelle Tamayo/For the Washington Post)

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NY Times – E.P.A., Citing Coronavirus, Drastically Relaxes Rules for Polluters

One former senior E.P.A. official called the move “a nationwide waiver of environmental rules.” Photo Credit: David J. Phillip/Associated Press

The Daily Mail – Air pollution declines across the US as multiple states enforce lockdowns to stop coronavirus from spreading – with Los Angeles and New York City experiencing the biggest drops in nitrogen dioxide levels

Seattle, which had one of the earliest outbreaks of the coronavirus, has also seen a dip in its nitrogen dioxide levels

Yes! Magazine – Bridging the Food-or-Energy Gap

Affectionately called “lambmowers,” these sheep graze among a field of solar panels.

PHOTO CREDIT: THE AMERICAN SOLAR GRAZING ASSOCIATION

NY Times – The Original Long Islanders Fight to Save Their Land From a Rising Sea

Shinnecock Indians are using nature-based solutions to calm the waves and restore the beaches that protect their lands.

Shavonne Smith, director of the Shinnecock Nation’s environmental department. Credit: Andrew Seng for The New York Times

E&E News – Scientists dig into a new climate worry – trapped Arctic gas

Researchers examining a cave created by melting permafrost on Alaska’s North Slope. Melting permafrost might be contributing smaller amounts of methane to the atmosphere than previously thought. Vladimir E. Romanovsky/NOAA

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(L) Yes Magazine – Environmental Activists of Color  Makaśa Looking Horse

(R) Harvard University – First-ever compendium of indigenous technologies provides a powerful toolkit for climate-resilient design