TOP STORIES
High Country News – As the country reckons with race, will tribal nations lead the way?
Indian Country Today – Fond du Lac Band wins halt to copper mine
The Oklahoman – Tribes deliver big economic lift to Oklahoma communities
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
HCN – The ‘slow-motion genocide’ of the Chinook Indian Nation
Al Jazeera – This river in Canada is now a ‘legal person’
U.S. DOI – Interior Invests $1.6 Billion to Improve Infrastructure on Public Lands and Tribal Schools
Wildfire Today – Red Flag Warnings in seven Great Plains states, April 2, 2021
The Hill – Court tosses Trump rule limiting emissions regulations
The Hill – Targeting federal spending to help EPA promote environmental justice
The Hill – Groups petition EPA to remove ethane and methane from list of compounds exempt from emissions limits
The Norman Transcript – Euchee tribe struggling to become federally recognized as its own tribe
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
Rolling Stone – Nothing’s Off the Table: Gina McCarthy Has Big Plans for the Climate Fight
E&E News – Gina McCarthy: Clean energy standard to include nuclear, CCS
NPR – ‘Green New Deal’ Leaders See Biden Climate Plans As A Vistory, Kind Of
The Hill – Biden clean electricity standard faces high hurdles
Inside Climate News – Big Meat and Dairy Companies Have Spent Millions Lobbying Against Climate Action, a New Study Finds
NY Times – Floods and Mudslides in Eastern Indonesia Leave at Least 41 Dead
Climate Signals – Climate Change & Drought
NPR – Your Weather Forecast Update: Warmer Climate Will Be The New ‘Normal’
EurekAlert – COVID-19 pandemic highlights the urgent global need to control air pollution
Toxics/Mobile Sources
The Hill – EPA to propose vehicle emissions standards to meet ‘the urgency of the climate crisis’ by July’s end
Grist – Fighting pipelines to the last mile
Washington Post – Biden’s plan to rev up the electric car market is complicated by battery supplies
NY Times – America Has Long Favored Cars Over Trains and Buses. Can Biden Change That?
Eather – How to Ensure Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Is Accessible to Everyone
Climate Nexus – Why activists distrust this plan to cut emissions from cars and trucks
AP – Leak at wastewater pond prompts evacuations in Florida
Indoor Air Quality
Alaska Public Media – CARES Act flooded Alaska tribes with cash for pandemic programs. Now they’re bracing for a bigger deluge.
Minnesota Star Tribune – Historic investment a lifeline for Minnesota tribes devastated by COVID
Cronkite News – How Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe has kept COVID-19 out of its community
Dwell – Spring Clean Your Indoor Air Quality
All Work Space – Return to the Office: Why IAQ Should be the Top Priority
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