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Senate lawmakers examined why a federal tribal energy loan program has closed only one deal in seven years during a hearing Tuesday that revealed systematic barriers preventing tribes from accessing financing.
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A federal appeals court dealt a significant blow Tuesday to tribal clean energy initiatives, ruling that the EPA can proceed with terminating $20 billion in climate grants that included approximately $1.5 billion earmarked for Native American communities.
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Indigenized Energy Inc. has installed an off-grid solar system at a buffalo caretaker site on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana, completing its third project with solar provider Freedom Forever.
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Tribal renewable energy projects face a new deadline: spend millions of dollars on construction by early September or lose federal tax credits that can cover up to 70% of project costs.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to terminate a $7 billion solar energy program that supports projects in marginalized communities, including more than $500 million earmarked for tribal lands.
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The Coquille Indian Tribe's restoration efforts have brought Chinook salmon fishing back to the Coquille River, with the first season since 2021 proposed for this fall.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the Yurok Tribe Environmental Department’s application for Treatment as a State (TAS), giving the tribe authority to set and enforce water quality standards on the Yurok Reservation in northern California.
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The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs threatened legal action last month over a water rights dispute with Deschutes County commissioners.
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Potawatomi Ventures has acquired Lyons Electric, a Wisconsin-based commercial and industrial electrical contractor, to build out the tribal enterprise’s energy infrastructure and electrical services capacity.
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A new Department of Interior policy requiring personal approval from Secretary Doug Burgum for all solar and wind projects threatens to create a bureaucratic bottleneck that could kill tribal renewable energy developments already racing to meet shortened federal tax credit deadlines.