2025 Environmental Protection & Climate Change News Stories
Reflecting on six months of Indigenous climate coverage (Boise State Public Radio) 5/26/2025
Colorado joins the Eastern Shoshone Tribe in managing bison like wildlife (Wyoming Public Media) 5/22/2025
More ‘good fire’ in Michigan restores Indigenous land practices (Michigan Live) 5/21/2025
Indigenous Tribes ask for seat in Chesapeake Bay program (The Bay Net - Southern Maryland) 5/17/2025
EPA terminates $20 million Walker River Paiute Tribe water infrastructure grant (Nevada Current) 5/14/2025
How the feds abandoned reservations to burn (High Country News) 5/1/2025
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
