2024 Environmental Protection & Climate Change News Stories


North Dakota seeks to intervene in latest Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit (North Dakota Monitor) 11/12/2024

Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival (ABC News) 11/2/2024

On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds (Native News Online) 10/30/2024

Quapaw Nation restoring their reservation that scientist says feds destroyed (ICT) 10/23/2024

Renewables are expanding on Indigenous lands, co-ownership offers a solution (Triple Pundit) 10/21/2024

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes urge EPA to honor commitments to Tribes (Valley Journal MT) 10/16/2024

Broken promises, contaminated waters: uranium mining on the Navajo Nation (Arizona Public Media) 10/9/2024

San Carlos Apache Tribe appeals Arizona Supreme Court decision to U.S. Supreme Court (Native News Online) 10/4/2024

Why Washington Tribes are fighting effort to gut the state's Climate Commitment Act (KUOW NPR Seattle) 10/1/2024

Why aren’t Tribal Nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’ (Grist) 9/23/2024

California can right a historic wrong by recognizing tribal authority for cultural burns (Cal Matters) 9/18/2024

This coastal Tribe has a radical vision for fighting sea-level rise in the Hamptons (Vox) 9/17/2024

Resistance escalates against Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine (The Lumberjack - Northern Arizona University) 9/16/2024

Tribes file lawsuit to delay Southern Oregon floating offshore wind auction (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 9/16/2024

Navajo Nation strengthens rules on uranium transportation as negotiations continue with Energy Fuels Inc. (Cronkite News) 9/11/2024

Oglala Sioux Tribe wins legal case against Powertech uranium mine (Popular Resistance) 9/11/2024

Enbridge agrees to redo key permit for Line 5 tunnel project (Michigan Advance) 9/6/2024

Washington coastal tribe awarded $3 million grant to move to higher ground (King 5 NBC Seattle) 8/27/2024

‘It’s just no place for an oil pipeline’: A Wisconsin Tribe continues its fight to remove a 71-year-old line from a pristine place (Inside Climate News) 8/25/2024

Climate change is already reshaping PNW shorelines. Tribal Nations are showing how to adapt (The Seattle Times) 8/19/2024

Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline (The Daily Reporter) 8/16/2024

Native self-governance and environmental justice (The Regulatory Review) 8/14/2024

Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth (Grist) 7/31/2024

A 200-mile hydrogen pipeline on the Navajo Nation raises safety, environmental concerns (AZ Central) 7/19/2024

Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution (Grist) 7/17/2024

Washington's landmark climate law will help Tribes face climate change (KNKX Public Radio Washington) 7/17/2024

No end in sight for Line 5 conflict (Northern Express Michigan) 7/13/2024

How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining (Grist) 7/10/2024

To protect redwoods, they lit a fire (Las Vegas Sun) 7/9/2024

Ancestor's voices: Native leadership brings change to conservation efforts (ICT) 7/8/2024

The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers (Grist) 6/28/2024

Seneca Nation waters flooded with wastewater from nearby city (Native News Online) 6/26/2024

Army Corps of Engineers gets earful at hearing (ICT) 6/17/2024

Line 5 case returns to state court following US Court of Appeals decision (Michigan Advance) 6/17/2024

Alaska’s Indigenous join hands with whale researchers as Arctic melts (Mongabay) 6/4/2024

Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway. (Grist) 5/28/2024

The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy. (Grist) 5/23/2024

Indigenous rights in the energy transition [podcast] (Columbia Energy Exchange) 4/30/2024

Montana Tribes file amicus brief to Supreme Court in climate change ruling (KTVH NBC Montana) 4/26/2024

Sault Tribe joins the fight for Mother Nature’s legal rights with new resolution (Native News Online) 4/25/2024

Native American Rights Fund gets $100K for Tribal eco-stewardship legal support (Native News Online) 4/22/2024

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians embarks on solar project for energy sovereignty (Tribal Business News) 4/13/2024

Justice Department steps into Enbridge Line 5 dispute (ICT) 4/11/2024

Tribal interests remain at heart of opposition to Great Lakes oil pipeline (WXPR Wisconsin) 4/9/2024

The National Indian Health Board launches the Tribal Environmental Impact Network (Native News Online) 4/7/2024

Indigenous Peoples’ climate labor benefits everyone. Should it be paid? (Grist) 4/2/2024

Climate change law is on Washington’s ballot (ICT) 3/28/2024

Project seeks to gather Alaska environmental knowledge embedded in Indigenous languages (Alaska Public Media) 3/26/2024

Water protectors rally in Ohio over Enbridge pipeline (ICT) 3/23/2024

More than 40 awards for climate projects in Tribal communities across Alaska (Native News Online) 3/21/2024

Indigenous environmental network signs letter opposing carbon markets (Native News Online) 3/20/2024

Interior announces $120M to support Tribal climate resilience (Native News Online) 3/15/2024

Tribal energy program awakens with $72.8M loan deal (Tribal Business News) 3/13/2024

US, Canada and Indigenous groups announce proposal to address cross-border mining pollution (ABC) 3/11/2024

Tribes from Alaska to Wisconsin will get millions of dollars for clean energy projects. Here’s how they’ll roll out (Fast Company) 3/1/2024

Ignoring Indigenous rights is making the green transition more expensive (Grist) 2/2/2024

How solar geoengineering is clouding issues of Tribal consent (High Country News) 2/1/2024

Ambler road decision expected soon for Alaska mining project (ICT) 1/25/2024

Congress moves to assist Tribes in DAPL battle (Lakota Times) 1/24/2024

The mining mania that threatens Native nations (The Regulatory Review) 1/24/2024

As glaciers melt, potential salmon habitat collides with outdated mining laws (High Country News) 1/23/2024

Tribally-led bison, grassland restoration efforts get $1.5 million (Native News Online) 1/9/2024


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