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Huna Totem Corporation expects to eliminate 15,000 pounds of plastic waste this year through a partnership with an Alaska Native-owned water company that packages glacial water in reusable aluminum bottles.
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In an industry where women make up just 11% of the workforce and Native women barely register a fraction of that, eight Oglala Lakota women are flipping the switch on renewable energy’s gender gap.
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A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a lawsuit challenging permits granted for the SunZia transmission line.
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A coalition of environmental groups and a tribal government sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a permit allowing mineral exploration on Alaska’s Johnson Tract, arguing the agency failed to adequately assess environmental impacts.
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Lawyers for three nonprofit “green banks” attempted to preserve a court injunction blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating their grants during a hearing Monday at the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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A tribal power authority has created the first handbook for tribes navigating millions in unclaimed renewable energy tax credits, stepping outside its normal role to solve a critical knowledge gap in Indian Country.
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Three Alaska Native tribes have joined a conservation advocacy group in challenging a permit issued for a gold mining project in Bonanza Channel, about 25 miles east of Nome.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has been stopped from terminating $14 billion in funding for clean energy financing, including hundreds of millions for projects in Indian Country.
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A nonprofit credit union organization has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency and Citibank, seeking to protect nearly $2 billion in clean energy funding that includes resources designated for tribal communities.
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The Quapaw Nation of Oklahoma had calculated the numbers precisely: a community microgrid generating 2.6 million kilowatt hours annually, yielding $280,000 in energy cost savings and reducing tribal members’ energy burden from 11% of annual income closer to the national average of 3%.