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The NTAA Comments on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Proposal to Update its NEPA Implementing Regulations
The NTAA submitted comments on March 10, 2020, on the CEQ’s proposal to update the NEPA implementing regulations. This is in addition to the fact sheet, Tribal template letter, and webinar that the NTAA published as part of this Policy Resource Kit on our website.
The NTAA Wants Your Input!
The NTAA will be sending out a draft document to compile tribal national priorities regarding air quality programs. Be on the lookout in your inbox for this document! If you do not receive it by Monday, March 16, please contact dara.marks-marino@nau.edu.
HEADLINES
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
NPR – Students Want To Fix Air Quality For People With Asthma On The Yakama Reservation
The Hill – Experts warn EPA making ‘secret science’ rule more restrictive
NY Times – E.P.A. Updates Plan to Limit Science Used in Environmental Rules
Native Sun News – Tohono O’odham demand end to blasting of sacred sites for border wall
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
Indian Country Today – Clean energy produced on Navajo land could help power Los Angeles
The Guardian – Carbon emissions fall as electricity producers move away from coal
Anchorage Daily News – UBS bank won’t finance new offshore Arctic oil and gas projects
Native News Online – Wells Fargo Becomes Latest Bank to Halt Arctic Oil and Gas Projects
E&E News – ‘Tandem solar cell’ could slash industry costs
E&E News – ‘Remarkable leap.’ Va. backs 100% carbon-free electricity
NPR – Oil Prices, Stocks Plunge After Saudi Arabia Stuns World With Massive Discounts
ENN – Growing Nitrogen Footprint Threatens Our Air, Water and Climate
ENN – Habitat at Risk for Snow-Dependent Organisms
Toxics/Mobile Sources
Los Angeles Times – Taking an Uber or Lyft pollutes more than driving, California finds. Next stop: Regulations
NPR – States Take The Wheel Promoting Electric Vehicles
Gizmodo – The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Airlines Running Empty ‘Ghost’ Flights
NY Times – Coronavirus Could Slow Efforts to Cut Airlines’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Utility Dive – Electric refuse trucks on the road or on the way in rising number of states
Biz Journals – Maid of the Mist honoring Glynn, Tesla with electric boats
Indoor Air Quality
Kamath Falls News – Assistance for wood stove change out now available
Willamette Week – Air Pollution From Oregon Woodstoves Rival That From Wildfires
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