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The NTAA has been working with California Tribes and the California Air and Resource Board to create a PRK on information regarding Supplemental Environmental Projects, known as SEPs. NTAA is today releasing a new Policy Resource Kit (PRK) for California Tribes to help access CARB’s Supplemental Environmental Program (SEP).
The NTAA PRK includes:
- NTAA Fact Sheet with CARB Resources
- La Jolla Band of Mission Indians’ SEP
Tribal Templates for SEP projects including:
- Minimizing Asthma in Home and Schools
- Tribal Microgrid-EV Charging Station
- Tribal Green Roof Projects
- CARB SEP Budget Template
On NTAA’s website you will find SEP Project examples to see if your potential project will fit CARB’s program. For more information on CARBs SEP Program, visit https://bit.ly/CARBSEPS or contact CARB at SEP@arb.ca.gov.
NTAA Region 8 Monthly Video Update is now available!
The short video includes updates from Region 8 Primary Representative, Randall Ashley with the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes! Click here to watch the video and get all of the latest updates from NTAA!
Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes
Yale Climate Connections – Tiny Leaks, big impacts: New research points to urban indoor methane links
High Country News – How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
E&E – The key for EPA rules? Inside the methane tech revolution
NPR – Greenhouse gas levels reached record highs in 2020, even with pandemic lockdowns
Bloomberg – The Methane Hunters
Axios – 10,000 trees near giant sequoia groves to be removed after fires
High Country News – The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
Here’s where you’ll find this week’s NACAA Washington Update!
Climate Change/Energy
NPR – The COP26 summit to fight climate change is about to start. Here’s what to expect
The Sacramento Bee – The records are in: Here’s how much rain fell Sunday from Sacramento’s ‘bomb cyclone’ storm
NY Times – Comb Cyclone and ‘Atmospheric River’ Pummel California With Rain and Wind
NY Times – Yes, There Has Been Progress on Climate. No, It’s Not Nearly Enough.
Toxics/Mobile Sources
New Mexico Political Report – Navajo group alleges U.S. violated human rights in uranium mine licensing
E&E – EPA Deems ‘Forever Chemical’ Haunting N.C. Toxic to Humans
Reuters – Rocky Mountain high: U.S. looks to Colorado for methane emissions policy
Grist – Report: Plastic is on track to become a bigger climate problem than coal
Indoor Air Quality
Regional Foundation Repair – Everything You Need To Know About Radon
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