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The NTAA Comments on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Proposal to Update its NEPA Implementing Regulations

The NTAA submitted comments on March 10, 2020, on the CEQ’s proposal to update the NEPA implementing regulations. This is in addition to the fact sheet, Tribal template letter, and webinar that the NTAA published as part of this Policy Resource Kit on our website.

 

The NTAA Wants Your Input!

The NTAA will be sending out a draft document to compile tribal national priorities regarding air quality programs. Be on the lookout in your inbox for this document! If you do not receive it by Monday, March 16, please contact [email protected].

 

HEADLINES

Ambient Air Quality/EPA/NTAA/Tribes

NPR – Students Want To Fix Air Quality For People With Asthma On The Yakama Reservation

 

The Hill – Experts warn EPA making ‘secret science’ rule more restrictive

 

NY Times – E.P.A. Updates Plan to Limit Science Used in Environmental Rules

 

Native Sun News – Tohono O’odham demand end to blasting of sacred sites for border wall

 

National Association of Clean Air Agencies – Washington Update

 

Climate Change/Energy

Indian Country Today – Clean energy produced on Navajo land could help power Los Angeles

 

The Guardian – Carbon emissions fall as electricity producers move away from coal

 

Anchorage Daily News – UBS bank won’t finance new offshore Arctic oil and gas projects

 

Native News Online – Wells Fargo Becomes Latest Bank to Halt Arctic Oil and Gas Projects

 

E&E News – ‘Tandem solar cell’ could slash industry costs

 

E&E News – ‘Remarkable leap.’ Va. backs 100% carbon-free electricity

 

NPR – Oil Prices, Stocks Plunge After Saudi Arabia Stuns World With Massive Discounts

 

ENN – Growing Nitrogen Footprint Threatens Our Air, Water and Climate

 

ENN – Habitat at Risk for Snow-Dependent Organisms

 

Toxics/Mobile Sources

Los Angeles Times – Taking an Uber or Lyft pollutes more than driving, California finds. Next stop: Regulations

 

NPR – States Take The Wheel Promoting Electric Vehicles

 

Gizmodo – The Coronavirus Outbreak Has Airlines Running Empty ‘Ghost’ Flights

 

NY Times – Coronavirus Could Slow Efforts to Cut Airlines’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 

Utility Dive – Electric refuse trucks on the road or on the way in rising number of states

 

Biz Journals – Maid of the Mist honoring Glynn, Tesla with electric boats

 

Indoor Air Quality

Kamath Falls News – Assistance for wood stove change out now available

 

Willamette Week – Air Pollution From Oregon Woodstoves Rival That From Wildfires

 

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