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2026 Environmental Protection & Climate Change News Stories

A Shoshone-led restoration to bring water back to the Great Salt Lake is earning recognition (Salt Lake Tribune) 4/30/2026

With promises of money, controversial gas pipeline on Navajo Nation passes first hurdle (Capital & Main) 4/29/2026

Oregon lithium drilling faces legal challenge over habitat (The Oregonian) 4/28/2026

Michigan wins key legal battle over Line 5 pipeline (Grist) 4/27/2026

New oil and gas lease sale set for Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, amid litigation (Winnipeg Free Press) 4/17/2026

Minnesota Indigenous lawmaker: Boundary Waters vote an 'assault' on Tribal sovereignty (Minnesota Public Radio News) 4/17/2026

Great Lakes, local consequences: Indigenous voices on why Line 5 matters in Kalamazoo (Second Wave Media) 4/15/2026

Eco jurisprudence – international momentum is growing (Native News Online) 4/13/2026

‘Energy dominance’ agenda sidelines Tribes (High Country News) 4/13/2026

The Buffalo’s return: new partnerships boost Indigenous-led conservation in Tribal lands (New Security Beat) 3/25/2026

U.S. Tribal concerns emerge over proposed Canadian mining projects on Vancouver Island and Northern B.C. (Ha-Shilth-Sa: Canada's Oldest First Nation's Newspaper) 3/16/2026

Mining made this US Tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life (Guardian) 3/15/2026

Michigan Supreme Court to hear Line 5 cases (WEMU NPR Michigan) 3/11/2026

Lawsuit targets Trump administration action opening 2.1 million acres in Alaska to development (Alaska Beacon) 3/10/2026

The feds pulled $1.5B from Tribal clean energy. Tribes are finding another way. (Grist) 3/10/2026

Data Centers and AI are a betrayal of Indigenous lifeways (Native News Online) 3/9/2026

Enbridge paid police to protect one pipeline. Now it wants to do it again in Wisconsin. (Grist) 3/3/2026

State-Tribal wildlife area in Oregon stalls after timberland owner withdraws from deal (Oregon Public Broadcasting) 3/2/2026

Trump fast-tracked permitting a Utah uranium mine in record 11 days. Tribes call it a rubber stamp (KJZZ NPR Phoenix) 2/26/2026

A Superfund site in Minnesota is spreading, disrupting a tribe’s way of life (Buffalo's Fire) 2/25/2026

The Supreme Court hears a Line 5 oil pipeline case with high stakes for treaty rights (Grist) 2/24/2026

Judge upholds permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation (Spectrum News 1 Madison Wisconsin) 2/16/2026

Green or not, US energy future depends on Native Nations (The Conversation) 2/11/2026

Wisconsin Tribes oppose ending protections for roadless areas on national forests (Wisconsin Public Radio) 1/19/2026

Tribes seek holistic Northwest forest management (ICT) 1/8/2026

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