Tag: tribal land
Native organizations fill gaps in federal support for tribal renewable energy,...
The IRA provides Tribes with renewable energy tax credits for the first time (covering up to 70 percent of project cost) and increases funding for Tribal energy loans from $2 to $20 billion!
Tribal lenders say they can charge over 600% interest. These states...
Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they aren’t subject to state lending laws.
Forests thrive when Indigenous people have legal stewardship of their land
The fate of intact forests is closely linked to that of Indigenous peoples.
Renewable energy projects power up in tribal nations
Tribes across the country are embarking on renewable energy projects of varying scales, with differing ambitions.
Tribal leaders raise ‘serious concerns’ about plans to turn their shrinking...
After a long state and federal push to relocate the Indigenous people of Isle de Jean Charles from their threatened homeland, new recreational development around the island risks further colonial displacement.
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Today I'll survey several factors feeding this unfolding fiasco.
Traders placed massive bets minutes before Trump Iran post raising insider trading concerns
Unusual oil and stock trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars occurred minutes before the president’s social media announcement about Iran peace talks, prompting calls for investigations into possible insider knowledge.
Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
Meanwhile Schmitt ignores blatant obstruction by Bondi’s DOJ.
Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
Reports from advocacy groups like SF Zoo Watch and In Defense of Animals call on Mayor Daniel Lurie to halt new animal acquisitions and transform the 100-acre site from a traditional exhibition-based zoo into a 21st-century ecological park.
ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.