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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to investigate and try to claw back $20 billion in clean energy grants awarded through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), including about $1.5 billion earmarked for tribal communities — a move experts say will likely face court challenges.
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A tribally owned enterprise has broken new ground in the renewable energy market, paving the way for other Native enterprises to compete in the growing global offset sector.
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President Donald Trump’s executive order freezing billions in clean energy funding raises questions for tribal renewable energy projects, though experts say its impact appears limited.
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An Idaho gold mine approved by the U.S. Forest Service faces stiff opposition from the Nez Perce Tribe that could halt the project, pending an independent review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
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The Department of Interior will provide $10 million to restore previously mined tribal lands as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, Indian Affairs announced Thursday.
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The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed an agreement Friday to improve fish passage in Mill Creek near Walla Walla, Wash.
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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has rescinded a permit for the reconstruction of a petroleum pipeline near Pipestone National Monument after tribal nations raised concerns about the project’s impact on sacred land.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a right-of-way agreement giving an Alaska Native community new authority to protect caribou habitat near ConocoPhillips' Willow oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope.
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Energy development emerged as one of Indian Country’s dominant economic stories in 2024, as tribes navigated historic federal funding, new tax rules, emerging revenue models, and rising opportunities for energy sovereignty.
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WASHINGTON — A $20 billion federal investment in clean energy projects could unlock up to $250 billion in total funding for disadvantaged communities, including tribal nations, Sen. Edward J. Markey told Native CDFI leaders at their annual policy summit Thursday.