2024 Environmental Protection & Climate Change News Stories
13 more GOP states sign on to oppose Standing Rock Sioux in new lawsuit over DAPL (Iowa Capital Dispatch) 12/17/2024
Bad River Tribe, environmental groups challenge state permits for Line 5 reroute (Wisconsin Public Radio) 12/12/2024
Clean energy or green colonialism? Tribes want President Biden to save the Owyhee Canyonlands (ICT) 12/11/2024
Alaskan Tribes take B.C. to court over northwest gold mine (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) 12/2/2024
Wisconsin grants Canadian pipeline permits around Bad River Reservation (Prism) 11/26/2024
TIME Magazine names Gila River Indian Community leader to its "2024 Time100 Climate” list (Native News Online) 11/14/2024
North Dakota seeks to intervene in latest Dakota Access Pipeline lawsuit (North Dakota Monitor) 11/12/2024
Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival (ABC News) 11/2/2024
On the Wisconsin-Iowa border, the Mississippi River is eroding sacred Indigenous mounds (Native News Online) 10/30/2024
Quapaw Nation restoring their reservation that scientist says feds destroyed (ICT) 10/23/2024
Renewables are expanding on Indigenous lands, co-ownership offers a solution (Triple Pundit) 10/21/2024
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes urge EPA to honor commitments to Tribes (Valley Journal MT) 10/16/2024
Broken promises, contaminated waters: uranium mining on the Navajo Nation (Arizona Public Media) 10/9/2024
San Carlos Apache Tribe appeals Arizona Supreme Court decision to U.S. Supreme Court (Native News Online) 10/4/2024
Why Washington Tribes are fighting effort to gut the state's Climate Commitment Act (KUOW NPR Seattle) 10/1/2024
Why aren’t Tribal Nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’ (Grist) 9/23/2024
California can right a historic wrong by recognizing tribal authority for cultural burns (Cal Matters) 9/18/2024
This coastal Tribe has a radical vision for fighting sea-level rise in the Hamptons (Vox) 9/17/2024
Resistance escalates against Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine (The Lumberjack - Northern Arizona University) 9/16/2024
Tribes file lawsuit to delay Southern Oregon floating offshore wind auction (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 9/16/2024
Navajo Nation strengthens rules on uranium transportation as negotiations continue with Energy Fuels Inc. (Cronkite News) 9/11/2024
Oglala Sioux Tribe wins legal case against Powertech uranium mine (Popular Resistance) 9/11/2024
Enbridge agrees to redo key permit for Line 5 tunnel project (Michigan Advance) 9/6/2024
Washington coastal tribe awarded $3 million grant to move to higher ground (King 5 NBC Seattle) 8/27/2024
‘It’s just no place for an oil pipeline’: A Wisconsin Tribe continues its fight to remove a 71-year-old line from a pristine place (Inside Climate News) 8/25/2024
Climate change is already reshaping PNW shorelines. Tribal Nations are showing how to adapt (The Seattle Times) 8/19/2024
Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline (The Daily Reporter) 8/16/2024
Native self-governance and environmental justice (The Regulatory Review) 8/14/2024
Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth (Grist) 7/31/2024
A 200-mile hydrogen pipeline on the Navajo Nation raises safety, environmental concerns (AZ Central) 7/19/2024
Tribes in Minnesota are paying the steepest price for the steel industry’s mercury pollution (Grist) 7/17/2024
Washington's landmark climate law will help Tribes face climate change (KNKX Public Radio Washington) 7/17/2024
No end in sight for Line 5 conflict (Northern Express Michigan) 7/13/2024
How the last queen of Hawaiʻi is influencing the debate over deep-sea mining (Grist) 7/10/2024
To protect redwoods, they lit a fire (Las Vegas Sun) 7/9/2024
Ancestor's voices: Native leadership brings change to conservation efforts (ICT) 7/8/2024
The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers (Grist) 6/28/2024
Seneca Nation waters flooded with wastewater from nearby city (Native News Online) 6/26/2024
Army Corps of Engineers gets earful at hearing (ICT) 6/17/2024
Line 5 case returns to state court following US Court of Appeals decision (Michigan Advance) 6/17/2024
Alaska’s Indigenous join hands with whale researchers as Arctic melts (Mongabay) 6/4/2024
Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway. (Grist) 5/28/2024
The key to better climate outcomes? Respecting Indigenous land rights and autonomy. (Grist) 5/23/2024
Indigenous rights in the energy transition [podcast] (Columbia Energy Exchange) 4/30/2024
Montana Tribes file amicus brief to Supreme Court in climate change ruling (KTVH NBC Montana) 4/26/2024
Sault Tribe joins the fight for Mother Nature’s legal rights with new resolution (Native News Online) 4/25/2024
Native American Rights Fund gets $100K for Tribal eco-stewardship legal support (Native News Online) 4/22/2024
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians embarks on solar project for energy sovereignty (Tribal Business News) 4/13/2024
Justice Department steps into Enbridge Line 5 dispute (ICT) 4/11/2024
Tribal interests remain at heart of opposition to Great Lakes oil pipeline (WXPR Wisconsin) 4/9/2024
The National Indian Health Board launches the Tribal Environmental Impact Network (Native News Online) 4/7/2024
Indigenous Peoples’ climate labor benefits everyone. Should it be paid? (Grist) 4/2/2024
Climate change law is on Washington’s ballot (ICT) 3/28/2024
Project seeks to gather Alaska environmental knowledge embedded in Indigenous languages (Alaska Public Media) 3/26/2024
Water protectors rally in Ohio over Enbridge pipeline (ICT) 3/23/2024
More than 40 awards for climate projects in Tribal communities across Alaska (Native News Online) 3/21/2024
Indigenous environmental network signs letter opposing carbon markets (Native News Online) 3/20/2024
Interior announces $120M to support Tribal climate resilience (Native News Online) 3/15/2024
Tribal energy program awakens with $72.8M loan deal (Tribal Business News) 3/13/2024
US, Canada and Indigenous groups announce proposal to address cross-border mining pollution (ABC) 3/11/2024
Tribes from Alaska to Wisconsin will get millions of dollars for clean energy projects. Here’s how they’ll roll out (Fast Company) 3/1/2024
Ignoring Indigenous rights is making the green transition more expensive (Grist) 2/2/2024
How solar geoengineering is clouding issues of Tribal consent (High Country News) 2/1/2024
Ambler road decision expected soon for Alaska mining project (ICT) 1/25/2024
Congress moves to assist Tribes in DAPL battle (Lakota Times) 1/24/2024
The mining mania that threatens Native nations (The Regulatory Review) 1/24/2024
As glaciers melt, potential salmon habitat collides with outdated mining laws (High Country News) 1/23/2024
Tribally-led bison, grassland restoration efforts get $1.5 million (Native News Online) 1/9/2024
