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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.
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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.