TOP STORIES
In case you missed yesterday’s NTAA Informational Webinar for Tribes on TAS, NTAA’s Ryan Tsinigine hosted an informational webinar for Tribes to learn about TAS that included presentations by:
U.S. EPA – EPA Announces $4.5 Million in Grants Available for Tribes to Replace Diesel Equipment and Reduce Harmful Emissions: For the first time under this competition, matching funds are not required.
The White House – A Proclamation on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Awareness Day, May 4, 2021
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
NPR – Senate Votes To Restore Regulations On Climate-Warming Methane Emissions
The Hill – EPA official directs agency to ramp up enforcement in communities hit hard by pollution
Axios – Study: Air pollution disproportionately kills Americans of color
Native News Online – Biden’s First 100 Days: Impact on Indian Country
National Law Review – EPA Will Finalize Rule Imposing Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Requirements on Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Indian Country Today – Interior sets new path through land maze
NBC – Texas enabled the worst carbon monoxide poisoning catastrophe in recent U.S. history
CNN – ‘The honeymoon is over’: Biden faces tougher tasks ahead as progressives demand more
Indian Country Today – Race, sovereignty clash as Congress meddles in tribal enrollment
U.S EPA Region 10 – Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians receive EPA approval to administer Clean Water Act programs on reservation and trust lands
EurekAlert! – Air pollution linked to high blood pressure in children; other studies address air quality and the heart
The Guardian – Air pollution spikes may impair older men’s thinking, study finds
Phys.org – Exposure to air pollution can influence investors’ decision making
National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update
Climate Change/Energy
NY Times – EPA to Sharply Limit Powerful Greenhouse Gases
Axios – NOAA unveils a warmer climate “normal” for the U.S.
Axios – Vast majority of existing coal plants are more costly than wind or solar plants
NY Times – Global Vaccine Crisis Sends Ominous Signal for Fighting Climate Change
Huffpost – How Arizona’s Attorney General Is Weaponizing Climate Fears To Keep Out Immigrants
Star Tribune – In Minnesota, fighting climate change means changing how to heat buildings
The Guardian – Climate crisis: our children face wars over food and water, EU deputy warns
Climate Home News – How youth climate court cases became a global trend
Reuters – Ice melts out at famous Alaska river betting site
Earther – Polar Bear-Grozzly Hybrids, Aka Pizzly Bears, May Be Growing More Common Due to Climate Crisis
Toxics/Mobile Sources
The Hill – Senate Democrats announce $73B clean bus plan
The Hill – Carper asks EPA to require half of new cars to be zero-emissions by 2030
NY Times – To Promote His Infrastructure Plan, Biden Revisits ‘Amtrak Joe’ Days
AP – Public transit hopes to win back riders after crushing year
Bloomberg – Plugging In: The EV Transition Gains Speed
E&E – Biden’s conundrum: Expand EVs without harming the Earth
Indoor Air Quality
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