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REMINDER! EPA Training: 2022 Supplemental Proposal – Reducing Climate – and Health – Harming Pollution from the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. Registration is Required!
To help engage with our stakeholders on the supplemental proposed oil and natural gas methane rule, EPA will host three separate trainings. Each training will provide an overview of the supplemental proposed rule, information on how to effectively engage in the regulatory process, and an opportunity to ask questions. Although all trainings are open to the public, the trainings will include information tailored to specific groups: environmental justice communities/tribal nations, tribal environmental professionals, and small business stakeholders.
These virtual events are FREE and open to the public. These events will be held using Zoom, and a toll-free call-in number will be available. To learn more about this supplemental proposed rule and the training events, please click HERE.
Webinar #1
Date: Thursday, November 17, 2022
Time: 6:00PM – 8:00PM (Eastern time)
Targeted Audience: EJ Communities and Organizations and Tribal Nations
Registration: Click HERE to register
NEW! The STAR Release Webinar scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2022, at 3:00 PM EST has been cancelled!
The NTAA regrets to inform you that the 2022 STAR release webinar scheduled for this Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 3:00 PM EST has been cancelled. The NTAA is currently working on rescheduling the webinar for a time before in early December. We apologize for this and will be sending out an update as soon as possible!
NEW! The White House: FACT SHEET: How the Inflation Reduction Act Helps Tribal Communities
By signing the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden is delivering on his promise to meet the climate crisis and build an economy that works for working families, including Tribal nations and American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian families. The Inflation Reduction Act lowers prescription drug costs, health care costs, and energy costs. It’s the most aggressive action we have taken to confront the climate crisis. It’ll lower the deficit and ask the super wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share. And no one making under $400,000 per year will pay a penny more in taxes. Click Here for FACT SHEET.
NEW! NTAA /EPA Air Policy Update Call
Thursday, November 17th, at 2 PM ET
NTAA invites any interested parties to participate, or listen in, on Air Policy Updates from NTAA partners and the U.S. EPA this Thursday, November 17th at 2 pm ET. Join this monthly meeting to hear updates from EPA on important air quality and climate policy updates as well as updates around the country related to Tribal Air Programs. Calls are usually on the last Thursday of every month unless it falls on a national holiday. Use the following zoom information to participate or listen in.
You can listen in here: https://nau.zoom.us/j/81093074186?pwd=K1ZuWUQ4OTVoS1FkRTZrY0EwRitjUT09
Meeting ID: 810 9307 4186
Password: 555206
NEW! U.S. EPA Informational Webinar for Tribes on Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Funding Programs PowerPoint Now Available!
On November 15, 2022, the U.S. EPA held a webinar for Tribal Governments and critical partners regarding funding opportunities available to Tribes in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed earlier this year by President Biden. The webinar included an IRA overview, introduction to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, IRA and Air Pollution Control, IRA and Environmental Justice, and Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention IRA Overview. The PowerPoint is available on NTAA’s website under Resources for Tribes on New Funding from the Inflation Reduction Act on the Policy Resource Kits page.
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Climate Change/Energy
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Indoor Air Quality
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