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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:

The NTAA is in the final week seeking story submissions for the 2022 Status of Tribal Air Report!

We are asking that you draft the short story or nominate someone who you may think has a great idea! Please list or write a short paragraph below for one (or two) of the topics given in the Google Form. You may also submit another form response. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: Friday, March 11, 2022

The NTAA STAR is an annual publication intended to provide an understanding of the importance and impact of Tribal air programs. As such, one of the biggest components to the STAR is the unique perspectives of air programs within Tribal communities. So please provide your success and challenge stories, we’d love to hear from you! Reach out to [email protected], NTAA Community Program Coordinator, for any questions.

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 [email protected] if you have any questions!

Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes News

E&E News – EPA floats 2 options for slashing truck emissions limits

E&E News – Lawmakers release fiscal 2022 spending deal

E&E News – White House names EPA, Energy and USGS nominees

Indian Country Today – High Court hears Native law cases

Indian Country Today – Oklahoma, tribes tension compared to western states

The Conversation – IPCC reports still exclude Indigenous voices. Come join us at our sacred fires to find answers to climate change

E&E News – EPA science advisers unanimously back tighter soot limits

E&E News – Interior advances large solar project on Nev. tribal land

The Guardian – ‘The good fight’: Roebuck Plains Station and its return to Indigenous owners

Yale Climate Connections – The power of the sun: cleaning water and charging cell phones in the Navajo Nation

Desert Sun – Wildfire season is coming again — or maybe it’s now all year long

The Hill – Biden forgets a key message on the environment: Balance

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

Climate Change/Energy

The Guardian – Q&A: Has the IPCC’s bleak warning of climate breakdown been heard?

Reuters – Analysis: As Russia avoids energy sanctions, oil majors flee but TotalEnergies stays

CNBC – How the war in Ukraine and climate change are shaping the nuclear industry

EPA – EPA Publishes State-Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data, Resources to Promote State Action on Climate

The Hill – Average gas price highest in over a decade

Grist – ‘Pain at the pump’: The highly flammable politics of American gas prices

E&E News – Grid operators’ ‘seam’ study paves way for renewable expansion

BuzzFeed – Here’s What The New Climate Report Says About The Future Of My 1-Year-Old Daughter

WSJ – Let Alaska Sell American Energy to the World

The Hill – IPCC warns preventing climate catastrophe is nearly out of reach

Fast Company – How to get past despair and take powerful action on climate change

ITEP Tribes and Climate Change Monthly Newsletter

Toxics/Mobile Sources

E&E News – EV buyers face long waits, price hikes above sticker cost

E&E News – War shakes up market for EVs, batteries

Utility Dive – Inflation, production backlogs hit electric transit bus manufacturer Proterra

The Verge – Tesla wins approval for German Gigafactory but still has to meet conditions

Axios ­– The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter

PBS – Cow burps are a major contributor to climate change — can scientists change that?

The Hill – What damages should the feds consider when regulating carbon?

Indoor Air Quality

Air Quality News – New study explores impact of indoor air pollution on child health

Azo Nano – Using Nanotechnology to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Clean Link – Green Seal, Healthy Schools Campaign Launch First National Standard For School Air Quality