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DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects
The cuts would eliminate support for climate resilience projects that tribes say help protect communities facing worsening storms, fires and other damage.
- The Department of Government Efficiency eliminated $468 million in funding for Indigenous communities, with about half allocated for environmental and natural resources. The cuts represent part of a broader rollback affecting tribal infrastructure nationwide.
- Two reports from the Brookings Institution show the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act killed funding streams established by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. These policy changes curtailed financial support for tribal climate action plans and energy projects.
- Cuts impacted the $7 billion Solar for All program, including a $25 million grant intended for the Hopi Tribe to install solar panels for 600 homes. These rescissions directly halted planned renewable energy initiatives.
- Chad Nordlum, energy project manager for the Native Village of Kotzebue, Alaska, reported a $20 million wind project remains paused. The community relies on diesel for 75 percent of its power, creating significant economic burdens.
- Despite more than $351 million in grants the Environmental Protection Agency has awarded since the second Trump administration began, experts note persistent underinvestment hinders Indigenous climate resilience. This continues to undermine federal treaty obligations to tribes.
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DOGE cuts cost tribes $470M, gutting funding for climate projects
Every year, Kotzebue, a small city in northwest Alaska, has a three-month window to receive all the diesel fuel it will use throughout the following year. It sits on a gravel spit that juts into Kotzebue Sound just north of…
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