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The U.S. is reckoning with its troubled past of Indian boarding schools

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and tribal leaders are advocating for a congressional commission to examine the impacts of the federal Native American forced-assimilation policy.

WEKU

President Biden nominates 1st Native American US treasurer

A Native American has been nominated to be U.S. treasurer, a historic first

The Independent UK

As Colorado River reservoirs drop, Western states urged to ‘act now’

With the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs continuing to drop to new lows, the federal government has taken the unprecedented step of telling the seven Western states that rely on the river to find ways of drastically cutting the amount of water they take in the next two months.

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US adds $103M for wildfire hazards and land rehabilitation

The U.S. is adding $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation throughout the country as well as establishing an interagency wildland firefighter well-being program

The Independent UK

National parks to phase out plastic bottles and single-use products, Interior Department says

DENVER — America’s national parks and other federally managed lands will phase out sales of plastic bottles and single-use products in the hopes of cutting pollution, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week.

The Denver Post

Interior phasing out plastic water bottles at national parks

The Interior Department says it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other single-use products at national parks and on other public lands over the next decade, targeting a major source of U.S. pollution

The Independent UK

9th Circuit Court blocks permits for fracking off California coast

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday blocked fracking off the California coast, ruling that the federal government must complete a full environmental review before approving permits for such offshore oil drilling platforms.

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Michael Hiltzik: How the stench of corruption from Trump's administration persists to the present day

The Trump administration may be gone from Washington, but the acrid stench of corruption lives on.

Los Angeles Times

LOCALIZE IT: Ideas for local coverage of Native schools

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The Independent UK

US report details church-state collusion on Native schools

A new Interior Department report underscores how closely the U.S. government collaborated with churches in operating boarding schools for Indigenous children

The Independent UK

Biden Administration Drops Offshore Drilling Auctions: WSJ

The Biden administration has canceled plans to auction drilling rights in two regions in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of Alaska,

Benzinga

US grappling with Native American boarding school history

The U.S. government has not been open to investigating its role in stripping Native Americans of their cultures and identities in boarding schools

The Independent UK

US reckoning with role in Native American boarding schools

The U.S. government has not been open to investigating its role in stripping Native Americans of their cultures and identities in boarding schools

The Independent UK

Biden cancels offshore oil lease sales in Gulf Coast, Alaska

The Biden administration says it is canceling three oil and gas lease sales scheduled in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska

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Biden administration cancels 3 major offshore oil lease sales in Gulf of Mexico and Alaska

Green groups hailed the move, energy firms accused the administration of discussing the need for more supply only to restrict it.

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U.S. report identifies burial sites linked to boarding schools for Native Americans

A federal study of Native American boarding schools that sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 400 such schools and more than 50 associated burial sites.

Axios

Hundreds of children died in Native American boarding schools, report finds

A new report released by the Interior Department reveals the scope of the rampant abuse Native American children suffered.

The Independent UK

US Interior to release report on Indigenous boarding schools

The U.S. Interior Department is expected to release a report Wednesday that it says will begin to uncover the truth about the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools

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The Independent UK

US agency to release report on Indigenous boarding schools

The U.S. Interior Department is expected to release a report Wednesday that it says will begin to uncover the truth about the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools

The Independent UK

Court hearing: Did Biden legally suspend oil lease sales?

A federal attorney says President Joe Biden legally called for suspending new and gas lease sales while considering their effect on climate change, and onshore and offshore sales were legally postponed

The Conversation

Western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn't foresee today's water challenges

The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing drought is predicted to last at least through July 2022. Recent research suggests that these conditions may be better labeled aridification – meaning that warming and drying are long-term trends.

The Independent UK

Biden increases oil royalty rate, scales back lease sales

The Biden administration is sharply raising rates for royalties companies must pay for oil and natural gas extracted from federal lands as it moves forward under court order with sales of public fossil fuel reserves in nine states

The Independent UK

In drought-stricken West, officials weigh emergency actions

Federal officials say it may be necessary to reduce water delivers to Colorado River users to prevent the shutdown of a huge dam on the Arizona-Utah border

The Independent UK

Appeals court says US downplayed coal mine's climate impacts

A federal appeals court says U.S. officials improperly downplayed the climate change effects from burning coal when they approved a large expansion at an underground Montana mine that would release an estimated 190 million tons of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere

The Independent UK

Native American leaders seek more from US consultations

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland vowed on her first day on the job to ensure Native American tribes have opportunities to speak with her and the agencies she oversees

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