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In late February, the U.S. Department of the Interior finalized changes to how it implements the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), shifting 80% of existing regulations into an “internal handbook” that provides guidance rather than binding rules.
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A coalition of California tribes filed formal objections to the state’s draft Bay-Delta water plan, adding regulatory pressure to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $20 billion Delta Conveyance Project, a 45-mile tunnel designed to divert water around the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
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The Interior Department finalized a sweeping rollback of its National Environmental Policy Act regulations, shifting most environmental review procedures out of federal rule and into an internal handbook — a move the agency says will speed energy and mining projects but that tribal leaders warn could weaken consultation and protections for sacred sites.
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The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians and the U.S. Forest Service have signed a co-stewardship agreement covering 155,000 acres in the Umpqua and Rogue River-Siskiyou national forests, formalizing a government-to-government partnership focused on wildfire mitigation and forest health.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation completed a $370,000 solar installation at the tribe’s Tutuilla Food Sovereignty Center on Feb. 4, adding on-site renewable energy capacity and battery storage at a high-demand food distribution facility.
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Cherokee Nation Businesses has expanded into utility infrastructure through a minority investment in Front Line Power Construction, marking the tribally owned company’s first direct entry into the sector.
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The Tule River Economic Development Corp. is deploying a $14.7 million Environmental Protection Agency grant to build a biochar facility in California’s Central Valley, positioning the tribe to generate renewable electricity and tap into carbon credit markets.
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The California Natural Resources Agency has opened a competitive $9.2 million funding round for tribal land acquisition and climate resilience projects — part of California’s push to return ancestral lands and finance tribally led conservation.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon has been awarded $1 million from the Oregon Department of Energy to install solar and battery energy storage systems at tribal housing and community facilities on the reservation.
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Renewable energy in Indian Country faces growing uncertainty as federal clean energy funding slows or stalls. For Elizabeth Perez, a U.S. Navy veteran turned clean energy entrepreneur, uncertainty is familiar terrain.