2022 Environment & Energy News Stories
Toxic levels of mercury, PCBs found in salmon that tribes rely on for food (The Defender) 12/20/22
The world is struggling to figure out conservation. First Nations have some ideas. (Salon) 12/15/22
Lower 48 tribes join up with Alaska Natives to protect transboundary rivers (Wrangell Sentinel) 12/14/22
Havasupai Tribe Opposes Uranium Mining Activity Near Grand Canyon (Native News Online) 12/7/22
Biden administration announces $135 million to relocate tribes affected by climate change (Native News Online) 12/1/22
EPA takes lead in contaminated ANCSA land cleanup (The Bristol Bay Times) 11/25/22
In a first, U.S. pays tribes to move away from climate threats (New York Times) 11/4/22
Appeal of drilling permit moves Badger-Two Medicine saga into fifth decade (Montana Standard) 11/3/22
Polluted lands persist on Leech Lake Indian Reservation (Native News Online) 10/31/22
Lithium Americas signs agreement with local tribe (Elko Daily Free Press) 10/25/22
Lithium 'white gold rush' in Nevada could desecrate Native land (Newsweek) 10/20/22
EPA proposes new clean air rules on Yakama Reservation, other reservations in WA (Big Country News) 10/19/22
U.S. judge rejects last challenge to Enbridge's Line 3 (Star Tribune) 10/10/22
Tribe, conservation groups sue to stop mining project (Native News Online) 9/20/22
North Dakota renews claim to oil and gas royalties the federal government says belong to tribe (Grand Forks Herald) 9/18/22
Tribes say North Dakota is tampering with mineral royalties (Minnesota Public Radio) 9/15/22
Judge refuses to shut down Line 5, but says Enbridge is trespassing on Native American reservation (Michigan Radio) 9/8/22
‘Largest Investment Ever’ on Climate Change Passes Senate, Including $272.5 Million for Tribes (Native News Online) 8/11/22
Michigan Public Service Commission requests further data regarding Line 5 safety risks (Earth Justice) 7/7/22
A U.S. uranium mill is near this tribe. A study may reveal if it poses a health risk (Aspen Public Radio) 7/6/22
Environmental justice is only the beginning (High Country News) 7/1/22
NJ Superfund lawsuit offers tribal land a path from contamination to cultural restoration (Gothamist) 6/28/22
In New Jersey, Ford faces lawsuit over polluting tribal land (Grist) 6/21/22
Native American Agriculture Fund signs on to national conservation climate action group (Tribal Business News) 6/21/22
Navajo Nation reaches $31M settlement for Gold King Mine spill (Indian Country Today) 6/17/22
Two-year extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act pushed to July 2024 (Indian Country Today) 6/13/22
Indigenous, frontline leaders, and climate justice organizations speak out against President Biden’s visit to New Mexico amid wildland fires (Indian Country Today) 6/13/22
Northern Cheyenne Tribe partners with Indigenized Energy for $4M solar project (Tribal Business News) 5/31/22
Tribal members use totem poles to raise alarm on salmon extinction (Earth Justice) 5/23/22
9th Circuit upholds 'landmark' ruling blocking Rosemont copper mine (Tucson Sentinel) 5/12/22
The legacy of uranium mining on Navajo lands (WBUR) 5/11/22
Indigenous women leaders say Line 5 reroute project would be cultural, environmental ‘genocide’ (Michigan Advance) 5/10/22
Indigenous climate migrants face unique challenges — with too few resources (Grist) 5/5/22
Why the debate over Russian uranium worries U.S. tribal nations (The New York Times) 5/2/22
Indigenous women say ‘no’ to extraction for sustainable future (High Country News) 4/29/22
'Fresh Banana Leaves' spotlights Indigenous science for a warming planet (KCLU) 4/28/22
Indigenous peoples say states must apply, enforce FPIC (Indian Country Today) 4/27/22
Navajo uranium exposure and contamination victims voice concerns to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Indian Country Today) 4/25/22
From WA to Alaska, coastal tribes face displacement with insufficient financial help (Crosscut) 4/25/22
Tribe appeals to archeological firm to stop digging at Thacker Pass (Nevada Current) 4/25/22
Tribes work to harness energy from sun, wind and water as demand for green energy grows (KNPR) 4/13/22
Part I: Ute tribe, environmentalist groups call for closure of the White Mesa Uranium Mill (Navajo-Hopi Observer) 4/12/22
Proposed lithium mine near Oregon-Nevada border stirs concerns among tribes (Oregon Live) 4/10/22
Cleanup of abandoned uranium mines creates a demand for workers (High Country News) 4/8/22
A tradition of science: Selections from Science Moab interviews about Indigenous scientific knowledge (Moab Sun News) 4/7/22
The latest attempt to stop Line 3 hits a snag in tribal court (Mother Jones) 4/6/22
Zuni Tribe, Navajo Nation, and New Mexico Natural Resources Trustee seek public comment on proposed Consent Decree for Fort Wingate Natural Resource injures (Indian Country Today) 3/30/22
Wet’suwet’en is ‘the same fight’ as Standing Rock (Indian Country Today) 3/25/22
Utah uranium mill is endangering land, water, say environmentalists and tribes (AZ Central) 3/25/22
A Chumash tribe and conservationists fight offshore wind turbines (Kenosha News) 3/25/22
Enbridge crews punctured three aquifers during Line 3 oil pipeline construction, DNR says (Star Tribune) 3/21/22
Indigenous water protectors stress 'remaining strong' in Line 5 fight at int'l conference (Patch) 3/20/22
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards $5.4 million in grant funding for tribal and insular areas to establish lower-emission diesel projects (Indian Country Today) 3/15/22
Oil is like heroin, Indigenous leader says, and we need to start kicking the addiction (The Journal Times) 3/11/22
Navajo company invests in carbon capture effort (Indian Country Today) 3/10/22
Gaslit: How one Native American tribe is battling for control over flaring (Indianz) 2/28/22
Standing Rock Tribal Chair supports Supreme Court's call not to block Dakota Access Pipeline environmental review (Indian Country Today) 2/23/22
Experts raise major environmental and public safety concerns over Line 5 Tunnel Project before Michigan Public Service Commission (Earth Justice) 2/18/22
Tesla signs deal with Minnesota-based nickel mine; mine could violate treaty rights, threaten water, rice, fish, & more in the Mississippi River Watershed (Native News Online) 2/17/22
US senators call for comprehensive Arctic strategy (Indian Country Today) 2/14/22
BIPOC leaders lament exclusion from environmental policymaking (Aspen Public Radio) 2/10/22
How giving legal rights to an Indigenous food could stop a pipeline (Mother Jones) 2/9/22
Gidimt'en land defenders make submission to United Nations about ongoing rights violations by British Columbia and Canada (Indian Country Today) 2/7/22
Hopi Tribe looks to a solar-powered future (Native News Online) 2/7/22
The climate’s ‘other’ pipeline problem (Indian Country Today) 2/3/22
University of Montana Law School project to buoy tribal energy dependence (Patch) 2/3/22
How a shoddy environmental review could cause catastrophic oil spill in Wisconsin (Earth Justice) 1/31/22
Indigenous political activists, scholars speak on importance of learning from Indigenous thought, environmental impact (The Michigan Daily) 1/30/22
Standing Rock pulls out of Dakota Access study, citing oil spill response concerns (The Bismarck Tribune) 1/27/22
The economics of climate accountability (Indian Country Today) 1/26/22
A victory for Inuit at International Maritime Organization (Indian Country Today) 1/25/22
More solar coming to Navajo Nation (Indian Country Today) 1/25/22
Want to heal the planet? Stop ignoring Indigenous science. (Grist) 1/24/22
Tribal voices sidelined in Line 5 Tunnel permitting process (Earth Justice) 1/14/22
Clean energy goes up against tribal rights and biodiversity in Nevada (Grist) 1/7/22
Oneida Nation honors commitment to Mother Earth, condemns Pipelines 3 and 5 (Oneida News) 1/5/22
Jackpile Mine toxic legacy continues at Laguna Pueblo (Indian Country Today) 1/3/22
