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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating billions in climate funding awarded during the Biden administration, a decision that protects $1.5 billion committed for tribal energy projects alongside other clean energy initiatives. The ruling delivers a setback to the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle key climate programs.
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In a court filing Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency failed to provide any concrete evidence of fraud or wrongdoing to justify canceling a $20 billion grant program that included more than $1.5 billion for clean energy projects in Indian Country.
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A federal judge has questioned the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to terminate $20 billion in climate grants, including $1.5 billion committed to Native communities, citing the Trump administration’s failure to provide evidence of wrongdoing.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has terminated $20 billion in clean energy funding agreements, including $1.5 billion earmarked for Indian Country, amid lawsuits from grant recipients and escalating political tension.
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A nonprofit investment fund created to finance clean energy projects across America, including Indian Country, filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Citibank, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, seeking to regain access to federal funds that have been frozen for three weeks.
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The Karuk Tribe has secured the first agreement under California’s new law returning control of cultural burns to tribal leadership, marking an important step toward reclaiming traditional forest management practices.
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Roughly $7 billion for building solar renewable energy projects has been released from a federal funding freeze first issued in January, including more than $500 million earmarked for tribal communities.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) secured a $3.6 million grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to restore ancestral waters and protect traditional food sources through a comprehensive rehabilitation of the Birch Creek Watershed in Mission, Ore.
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Six tribes in the Upper Midwest completed solar workforce development training in January through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's $7 billion Solar for All Program, marking the first tribal projects under the initiative that now faces federal funding uncertainty.
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The Michigan Court of Appeals has rejected a legal challenge from five Michigan tribes seeking to block Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace a segment of the Line 5 oil pipeline beneath the Straits of Mackinac.