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The Hill – Biden administration announces clean energy growth on public lands
E&E News – Biden restores climate to NEPA, undoing Trump’s efforts
NTAA News
Please join use in welcoming NTAA’s newest members, the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma and Lisa Gover! With the Ottawa Tribe’s membership, NTAA’s family of member Tribes has grown to 155 member Tribes! In addition, please join us in welcoming NTAA’s newest Associate Member, Lisa Gover, the Region 9 RTOC’s Policy Advisor. Congratulations to both Lisa and the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma! Be sure to learn more about NTAA membership here!
In-person registration for the 2022 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality is now closed! But you can still register, virtually here! NTFAQ’s Planning Committees have been busy planning this year’s forum hosted by the Muscogee Nation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 2-5, 2022. You can find details on the NTFAQ agenda and NTAA’s Annual Meeting that will take place during NTFAQ on NTAA’s website here. Be sure to contact andy.bessler@nau.edu if you have any questions!
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes News
E&E News – White House announces Earth Day climate push
E&E News – Jackson confirmed to Supreme Court in bipartisan vote
Reuters – White House restores rule requiring stringent environmental review
Yale Climate Connections – NASA mission will monitor air pollution
KNAU – Environmental groups sue EPA over air pollution in national parks and other public lands
The Hill – Biden climate adviser pushes back on departure rumors
Native News Online – EPA Announces $1.6 million in Grant Funding to Support Tribal Water and Air Quality
Greenwire – Inside Biden’s sparsely staffed, high-pressure environmental shop
Indian Country Today – Proposal to restore sovereignty to tribes in Maine advances
Indian Country Today – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approves Southern Ute Indian Tribe’s water quality standards
Indian Country Today – In drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions
The Hill – Trump-era EPA chief Scott Pruitt files to run for Senate in Oklahoma
TV 6 News – EPA awards $75,000 grant to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community to assess pollution
Science Daily – Air pollution linked to higher risk of COVID-19 in young adults
Here’s your link to this week’s NACAA Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
Greenwire – Biden admin restarts oil leases on federal land
Energywire – Biden tosses $6B lifeline to save struggling nuclear plants
Indian Country Today – The toll of climate change, time, tradition and trust: The Navajo Nation takes on a changing climate
CNBC – Natural gas surges to highest level since 2008 as Russia’s war upends energy markets
E&E News – Mining for Clean Energy Could Undermine Biden’s Environmental Justice Goals
Reuters – IMF expects ‘significant’ pledges for new climate, pandemics trust
Reuters – Lawmaker Raskin sees hope for U.S. climate legislation this year
Grist – Cows, coal, and climate change: A Q&A with the new BLM director
ITEP Tribes and Climate Change Monthly Newsletter
Toxics/Mobile Sources
E&E News – How electric buses reduce toxic exposure for kids
US News and World Report – Boston to Replace School Buses With Electric Ones by 2030
CNBC – From the F-150 Lightning to Rivian, here are the 11 hottest electric vehicles coming out in 2022
Indoor Air Quality
E&E News – Gas ban 2.0: Building wars
