EPA today issued a proposed rule designating certain PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law.
E&E News – EPA expands PFAS crackdown with Superfund proposal
President Joe Biden on the South Lawn of the White House on July 12, 2022. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images
CNBC News – Biden cancels $10,000 in federal student loan debt for most borrowers
Joe Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law on Tuesday. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty
The Guardian – ‘Biggest step forward on climate ever’: Biden signs Democrats’ landmark bill
Kamala Harris leaves the Senate chamber after casting the tie-breaking vote to ensure the bill’s passage. Photograph: Michael Reynolds/EPA
The Guardian – The Inflation Reduction Act is a far cry from Biden’s original ambition, but it nonetheless represents victory for the president
The Oak Fire burns through trees Sunday near Jerseydale, California.
Native News Online – Fond du Lac and Grand Portage Ojibwe Tribes File Suit Against EPA
The Guardian – Firefighters attempt to save giant sequoias as Yosemite wildfire grows
A firefighter protects a sequoia tree as the Washburn fire burns in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite national park. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP
NPR – Is a Uranium mill in Utah making tribal members sick? They’ll find out in 2025
Indian Country Today – Court sides with federal agencies in subsistence lawsuit
Sockeye salmon strips hang in a smokehouse on the Kuskokwim River at Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
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Our mission is to advance air quality management policies and programs, consistent with the needs, interests, and unique legal status of American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives.
