TOP STORIES

KTOO – Natural but deadly: Huge gaps in US rules for wood stove smoke exposed

NPR – The Celebration Over, Deb Haaland Now Faces A Long To-Do List At Interior

Grist – A groundbreaking environmental justice bill is poised to become law

The Hill – Senate committee advances two Biden environment nominees

E&E News – Pollution deal exposed Trump EPA official to ethics charges

Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes

US News – CDC: Now is Not the Time to Travel

AP – Authorities issue wildfire warning due to weather conditions

Cronkite News – House OKs ERA bill, Violence Against Women Act in Women’s History Month

Native News Online – Indigenous Activists Fight British Columbia’s Pipelines to the Last Mile

The Hill – Interior reverses course on tribal ownership of portion of Missouri river

Indianz.com – SCOTUSBlog: Supreme Court takes up messy tribal sovereignty case

National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update

Climate Change/Energy

Axios – Biden’s New Deal: Re-engineering America, quickly

E&E – Rising temperatures could spur invasive takeovers

Cronkite News – A Colorado River showdown is looming. Let the posturing begin.

Nature – Energy and water co-benefits from covering canals with solar panels

The Guardian – Climate fight ‘is undermined by social media’s toxic reports’

NPR – Known For Its Floods, Louisiana Is Running Dangerously Short Of Groundwater

ProPublica – The Coal Plant Next Door

NOAA – Spring Outlook: Drought to persist, expand in U.S. West and High Plains

The Guardian – Activist on hunger strike in Canada calls on government to halt logging

Toxics/Mobile Sources

NY Times – How Volkswagen’s Sins Fueled Its Redemption

Electrive – Ford to manufacture two EVs in Mexico

Axios – The electric vehicle is blowing the doors off Tesla

Reuters – Exclusive: U.S. looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles

Politico – Driving downtown? Get ready to pay extra

The Hill – US seeking to boost electric vehicle material production in Canada: Reuters

Indoor Air Quality

Doc Wire News – Indoor Air Quality Issues for Rocky Mountain West Tribes

The Conversation – Fixing indoor air pollution problems that are raising Native Americans’ COVID-19 risk

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