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CNN – An Indigenous tribe in Texas is getting its sacred burial ground back

For decades, development has been encroaching on the Lipan Apache cemetery in Presidio, Texas. As of this week, the burial ground is back in the hands of the tribe.

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Save the Date for the Upcoming 2022 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality!

For more information and to see previous NTFAQ Conference’s, please visit our website! And be sure to take the pre-registration survey here! Thank you.

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Indian Country Today – Navajo Nation President signs ban on indoor smoking

Representatives sign the The “Niłch’ Éí Bee Ííná – Air is Life Act of 2021” into law on Saturday, November 6, 2021. (Courtesy of Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President)

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Indian Country Today – Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks

Tuntiak Katan, Indigenous Organisations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA), Global Alliance of Territorial Communites (GATC) speaking at the Forest event at the SEC, Glasgow. 02/11/2021. Photograph: Karwai Tang/ UK Government

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E&E News – Release of EPA methane rules expected this week

A gas flare is seen at a natural gas processing facility near Williston, N.D. EPA’s rules for oil and gas methane will be central to the Biden administration’s message at COP 26 in Glasgow, Scotland, which has been dubbed “the methane COP.” AP Photo/Matthew Brown

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Grist – Report: Biden has the power to prevent 1.6 billion metric tons of emissions annually

Protesters want Biden to stop fossil fuel infrastructure — and a new analysis shows just how much of a difference that would make. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images

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ABC News – Biden signs orders restoring boundaries of Bears Ears, other monuments shrunk by Trump

Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images. President Joe Biden, with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (4th R) signs three proclamations restoring protections for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 8, 2021.

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AP – Dwindling Alaska salmon leave Yukon River tribes in crisis

In this undated photo provided by the Tanana Chiefs Conference, salmon hangs on a drying rack at a fish camp in Fort Yukon, Alaska. (Rachel Saylor/Tanana Chiefs Conference via AP)

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NTAA Presents the NTAA Monthly Video Update from Executive Committee Member for Region 7, Billie Toledo with the Prairie Band Potawatomi Indians.

If you don’t have time to dive deep into the NTAA Weekly Update, watch the quick video update to help give you the latest news from NTAA and learn more about the Tribes in each region. You can also find this video and previous videos from other NTAA EC members on the NTAA website, www.NTAATribalAir.org. Thanks to Happy Accidents Video Production!

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Gizmodo – Line 3 Pipeline Construction Damaged a Sensitive Wetland, State Says

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has ordered Enbridge Energy to pay more than $3 million and is recommending prosecution.

Climate activists and Indigenous community members gather on the river for a traditional water ceremony during a rally and march to protest the construction of Enbridge Line 3 pipeline. Photo: Kerem Yucel/AFP (Getty Images)