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The National Tribal Air Association is hiring a Program Coordinator!
NTAA is seeking a Program Coordinator to help NTAA’s Staff and Executive Committee achieve NTAA’s mission. NTAA was founded in 2002 with a mission to advance air quality management policies and programs, consistent with the needs, interests, and unique legal status of American Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives. NTAA is administered by the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) at Northern Arizona University and is the recipient of a three-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agreement.
Click here to visit NAU’s careers website to complete your application. The job is posted until 11:59 pm on February 13, 2020, so be sure to get your application in by then! Contact Andy Bessler at andy.bessler@nau.edu with any questions
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NTAA Publishes a Fact Sheet on the Cleaner Trucks Initiative
The EPA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine Standards” (also known as the Cleaner Trucks Initiative, or CTI) was published in the Federal Register with a comment deadline of February 20, 2020. The NTAA has published a Fact Sheet to help Tribes understand this issue and develop comments. The NTAA will also publish a Tribal template letter prior to the comment deadline.
HEADLINES
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
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National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
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High Country News – Tom Udall: It’s past time we confront the climate and nature crises
NY Times – Temperatures at a Florida-Size Glacier in Antarctica Alarm Scientists
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CarbonBrief – Tropical forests losing ability to absorb CO2, study says
ENN – Immune Systems Not Prepared for Climate Change
Quartz – Get ready for a year of climate emergency declarations
Arizona Daily Sun – Petition pushes Flagstaff City Council to pass climate emergency resolution
Toxics/Mobile Sources
EPA – EPA Advances New Initiative to Reduce Polluting Emissions from Trucks in Arizona
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Indoor Air Quality
The Guardian – Give council’s powers to tackle indoor air pollution, experts urge
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