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2025 Environmental Protection & Climate Change News Stories

Tribes, Arizona work well in fighting fires. California may offer a model for what's next (AZ Central) 4/26/2025

Federal judge hears motions in Montana lawsuit over bison management (KTVH NBC Helena Montana) 4/17/2025

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirms Line 5 tunnel review to move forward under shortened timeline (Michigan Advance) 4/16/2025

Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities (NPR) 4/14/2025

Tribes, environmental groups appeal to Mich. Supreme Court to block Line 5 tunnel under Straits (Michigan Public NPR) 4/3/2025

Federal judge dismisses Standing Rock’s latest lawsuit over Dakota Access Pipeline (Michigan Advance) 3/31/2025

Dozens of tribal energy self-sufficiency projects caught in EPA funding dispute (Tribal Business News) 3/30/2025

As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans (The Conversation) 3/28/2025

Alaska wins lawsuit that could open Arctic refuge to oil exploration (Alaska Beacon) 3/25/2025

Tribal Nations in Michigan withdraw from Line 5 tunnel project discussions (Michigan Advance) 3/25/2025

Alaska Natives want the US military to clean up its toxic waste (Grist) 3/19/2025

‘Rights of nature’ laws take root in the West (High Country News) 3/1/2025

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes defend Yellowstone bison plan in court (NonStop Local Billings NBC) 2/25/2025

Native American stereotyping contributes to climate change (The Equation - Union of Concerned Scientists) 2/24/2025

Appeals Court upholds MPSC permit for Line 5 tunnel project (Michigan Advance) 2/20/2025

‘It’s demoralizing’: Trump’s climate funding freeze has left Tribes and community groups in limbo (Grist) 2/12/2025

Doug Burgum comes out swinging: new Interior Secretary aims to deliver on Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ goal (ICT) 2/5/2025

Uranium ore shipments will resume after Navajo Nation, Energy Fuels reach agreement (Arizona Republic) 1/29/2025

Trump targets Alaska's oil and other resources as environmentalists gear up for a fight (U.S. News & World Report) 1/22/2025

Court of Appeals hears arguments against Line 5 tunnel project (Michigan Advance) 1/14/2025

California wildfires and climate solutions: a Klamath River perspective (Native News Online) 1/12/2025

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