US EditionFederal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
- The Tebughna Foundation received $20 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to renovate homes in the Native Village of Tyonek, but funding was frozen by the Trump administration.
- Over 22 tribes and nonprofits have had around $350 million in federal funding frozen, affecting efforts to manage climate change threats like flooding and erosion.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the end of key environmental justice initiatives, leaving the status of Community Change Grants unclear.
- The Native Village of Kipnuk is in urgent need of $20 million for riverbank stabilization, as climate change causes significant erosion, threatening homes.
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Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
The Tebughna Foundation threw a big celebration in February after the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the nonprofit $20 million to renovate or replace 20 homes contaminated with asbestos and lead for the Native Village of Tyonek in Alaska. The project, which would also connect the homes to solar panels, aimed to upgrade houses built in the 1960s." We were all just so happy about this grant that’s going to literally change some people’s l…
New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding and Drought - Inside Climate News
The new devices, which are part of a slew of planned infrastructure upgrades, will help the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho improve their disaster warning system.By Jake BolsterETHETE, Wyo.—Travis Shakespeare and Lokilo St. Clair of the Northern Arapaho tribe were driving through central Wyoming’s Wind River Indian Reservation in May 2010 to check the integrity of bridges during a wet spring full of snow and rain that sent water roaring th…
Letter to the Editor: Our Tribal Nation will not prosper without proper revenue
In the past the Navajo Nation depended on our natural resources for the majority of it‘s revenue. The real problem is that all resources natural or otherwise will one day be depleted if not managed correctly. Currently the United States…
How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food programs may violate treaty law
Read the full story at Grist. In his first two months in office, President Donald Trump has signed over 100 executive orders, many specifically targeting grants for termination that engage with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and climate-related projects associated with the Inflation Reduction Act. Climate change destroys the places and practices central to Indigenous … Continue reading How Trump’s funding freeze for Indigenous food…
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