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As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced new emergency water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico as the nation’s two largest reservoirs decline to perilously low levels.

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As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it would continue to work with affected states and tribes to reach an agreement.

Los Angeles Times

Murkowski presses Interior to advance drilling in Alaska's Cook Inlet, boost wildfire mitigation

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski urged the Interior Department to advance drilling in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and distribute wildfire prevention funding during a Senate hearing Wednesday.

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Localize It: Secretary Haaland begins 'Road to Healing' tour

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Park Police radio channels unrecorded for years, watchdog says

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Park Police for years did not record radio communications on audio channels it used to operate and coordinate between officers, a violation of federal and department policies, an independent watchdog said Wednesday.

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New offshore oil and gas drilling

This is the third time the Biden administration has announced new oil and gas leasing plans before a holiday

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1st Native American treasurer to push economic development

The nation’s first Native American U.S. treasurer comes from a line of chiefs who instilled the importance of keeping her tribe healthy and “leaving fooprints” to follow for those who come behind

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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.

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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.

Los Angeles Times

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

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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

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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.

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LOCALIZE IT: Ideas for local coverage of Native schools

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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

Axios

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.

WEKU

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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