On a remote location of 2.4 million acres in north central South Dakota, wind is the focus of the tribal government and the 8,000 members living on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation.

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The Arctic Circle has always been known as ground zero for climate change causing a variety of unnatural problems, and many Indigenous communities have been trying to communicate these problems to the rest of the world for years. Just recently another Indigenous village has been echoing the same message.

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In late April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdrew the air quality permit it issued last summer for the Desert Rock coal-fired power plant, which is supposed to be built on the Navajo Nation in the Four Corners region just southwest of Farmington, New Mexico.

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According to a report featured in E&E News on April 28, residents of low income and minority communities are breathing disproportionately dirtier air than other Americans.

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American Indian activists Winona LaDuke, Clyde Bellecourt ,and Sandy Nichols took the stage at the Capitol last Wednesday to talk about the proposed tar sands pipeline going through the Leech Lake Reservation in central Minnesota. The Enbridge pipeline would carry this dirty energy source from the Canadian province of Alberta all the way to Wisconsin, running through various Minnesota communities along the way.

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Talk about a bill that is long, long overdue. U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) recently met with various tribal leaders from South and North Dakota to discuss legislation he introduced to make wind energy projects a reality more than a thought on tribal land.

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President Obama made another first today by celebrating his first Earth Day while in office. If this is any indication on how future Earth Day events will go, we have a lot to look forward to.

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Minnesota got the official word today that the state will be receiving more than $186.1 million in weatherization funding and energy efficiency grants.

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When I first had a chance to read this story, I thought everyone had to see it. During a time when we are focused on domestic issues we can't forget the fight in Iraq and the redevelopment of that country. Iraq's redevelopment has taken a very interesting angle with the development of solar energy.

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This is great news! Author and activist Van Jones, who recently added to his credentials by having his book on the New York Times bestseller list, will be a special adviser to President Obama for green jobs, enterprise and innovation.

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