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The Department of Agriculture Forest Service will distribute $20 million in grant funding to help tribes access private markets for forest resilience and climate mitigation that have emerged in the wake of climate change.
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Northern California’s Yurok Tribe drew more than 250 people to its first Tribal Offshore Wind Summit last week with an overarching goal - to help tribes to get a better understanding of a burgeoning sector in clean energy development that could impact traditional sources of food, culture, and income for Native communities.
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A Canadian band government has launched development of a 100 megawatt solar facility that, when completed, will stand as one of the top 10 renewable energy sources in Canada.
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Once seen as “gamechangers” for tribal forays into a growing clean energy sector, tax credits have instead proven to be a minefield of questions around policy implementation and tax exemptions.
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After two years of steady growth, the United States Department of Agriculture significantly increased its efforts around tribal forest co-stewardship over the past year.
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USA DeBusk LLC (USAD), a Texas-based provider of industrial services to the energy and infrastructure sectors, said last week that it acquired Native-owned nitrogen services provider Nitro-Lift.
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Clean-energy nonprofit GRID Alternatives said this week it received a $25 million grant that will help fund its accelerator program to increase renewable energy projects in Native communities.
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The Department of the Interior announced the availability of $16.5 million through the Bureau of Reclamation to address the water supply challenges faced by tribes affected by drought conditions.
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Tensions flared between Alaska Native groups, environmentalists and the federal Bureau of Land Management during a congressional hearing Wednesday about legislation to reverse Biden-era protections against oil drilling and energy production on Alaska’s North Slope.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $150 million funding opportunity to help Alaska’s federally recognized tribes address climate change, subsistence foods security, water and energy infrastructure, and other environmental threats that impact their way of life and culture.