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NTAA is seeking quotes from interested parties willing to conduct a national needs assessment of all federally recognized Tribes to ascertain the budgetary and programmatic needs of the Tribes related to the management of air quality programs. Click here to view the Request for Offers. This request closes on March 20, 2021.
NY Times – Tribal Elders Are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians
AP – Senate panel advances EPA nominee; GOP slams Interior pick
PBS Newshour – Biden EPA nominee vows ‘sense of urgency’ on climate change
Reuters – U.S. cities underestimating their carbon emissions – study
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
CNN – Fossil fuel air pollution causes almost 1 in 5 deaths globally each year
Vox – The mess that Biden’s EPA nominee Michael Regan will inherit, explained
Washington Examiner – Scrapping Keystone XL pipeline makes Biden a tribal hero, but villain off reservation
The Hill – Court strikes down part of rule easing pollution standard implementation
E&E – DOJ ditches Trump policies, restores focus on polluters
AP – Judge blocks Trump rule to limit health studies in EPA regs
Science Magazine – Death of EPA’s controversial ‘censored science’ rule delights researchers
Slate – The Fight Against Big Tobacco Can Teach Us How to Fight Big Oil
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
NY Times – Two Biden Priorities, Climate and Inequality, Meet on Black-Owned Farms
NY Times – How Climate Change May Affect Your Health
TIME – Biden’s Biggest Climate Move: Signaling that Fossil Fuels Are Not the Future
AZ Central – Heat killed a record number of people in Arizona last year, ‘a staggering increase’
Reuters – How Biden’s climate agenda aims to trigger a ‘good-paying’ jobs boom
Climate Change News – Fatal Himalayan glacial lake outburst highlights destabilizing effect of warming
The Washington Post – The Energy 202: Biden stokes hope among climate scientists
Gizmodo – The Murky Connection Between the Coronavirus and Climate Change
Newsone – A Global Fight For Freedom: Black Lives Matter Movement Nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Toxics/Mobile Sources
The Hill – Court pauses litigation on Trump-California vehicle emissions fight
The Hill – Biden gets more time to decide on Dakota Access Pipeline
The Hill – EPA alleges political interference by Trump officials over toxic chemical
Gizmodo – How the Department of Energy and Transportation Could Revolutionize How We Get Around
The Wall Street Journal – Exxon, Chevron CEOs Discussed Merger
Nexus – DOI Effectively Suspends Public Lands Drilling
Indoor Air Quality
Forbes – Indoor Air Quality Takes Center Stage During Building Reopening
Science Daily – Advanced simulations reveal how air conditioning spreads COVID-19 aerosols
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