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NTAA leadership just finished several weeks of meetings with EPA Leadership and shared NTAA Tribal priorities and talking points with EPA and now with you!

         On NTAA’s home page, you can find these hyperlinked NTAA’s priorities and talking points:

Registration for the 2022 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality is now open! Click here to register to attend in-person or virtually. NTFAQ’s Planning Committees have been busy planning this year’s forum hosted by the Miscogee Nation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 2-5, 2022. You can learn more about the NTFAQ and NTAA’s Annual Meeting that will take place during NTFAQ on NTAA’s website here. Be sure to contact andy.bessler@nau.edu if you have any questions!

Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes News

Axios – EPA floats path on electricity CO2 emissions — with an asterisk

E&E News – What EPA’s new power plant plans mean for carbon

NPR – Global carbon emissions from energy spiked to record highs last year

Indian Country Today – Chickahominy Tribe reacquires ancestral lands

Native News Online – Answers to an Italian Sculptor’s Questions about Native Americans

Medical Xpress – Air pollution linked to depressive symptoms in adolescents

NPR – Even many decades later, redlined areas see higher levels of air pollution

Here’s your link to this week’s NACAA Washington Update

Climate Change/Energy

Vice – The Far-Right Is Trying to Blame the Climate Crisis on Immigration

Inside Climate News – Latest IPCC Report Marks Progress on Climate Justice

Canary Media – How to shift building heat to electric? NY activists have lots of ideas

Inside Climate News – At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition

E&E News – Biden defends energy record, blames Putin for high prices

Politico – Biden officials say they support oil and gas production. The industry is wary.

E&E News – Democrats insist they haven’t abandoned climate goals

Inside Climate News – As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Reign on Public Lands

E&E News – ‘Son of Build Back Better.’ Energy CEOs eye renewables’ future

Utility Dive – California prepares for $10.5M port renovations for offshore wind development

Politico – Offshore wind is set to soar. Fishing groups want to pump the brakes.

ITEP Tribes and Climate Change Monthly Newsletter

Toxics/Mobile Sources

Slate – Are Gas Prices Too High? Or Is Your Car Too Big?

The Atlantic – Drive Slow for America

Axios – Why gas prices are so high and what Biden can do about it

Reuters – CERAWEEK As EV demand rises, Biden officials warm to new mines

S&P Global – CERAWEEK: Citing concerns over China, Manchin sours on EV deployment

Reuters – CERAWEEK PG&E partners with Ford Motor on bidirectional EV charging

S&P Global – CERAWEEK: DOE’s ‘Energy Earth Shots’ requires private industry collaboration

Utility Dive – American Battery Factory plans battery cell gigafactories to support U.S. storage market

USA Today – Electric cars coming on fast: Climate worries, sinking prices put spotlight on EV sales

The Verge – EVs won’t save us from high gas prices

Indoor Air Quality

NPR – Better air in classrooms matters beyond COVID. Here’s why schools aren’t there yet

ACHR News – Pandemic Created Consumer Awareness, Increased Demand for Indoor Air Quality Solutions

8 News Now – Aria, Park MGM get top rating in Las Vegas Strip indoor air quality survey