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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

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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,

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.

Axios

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.

WEKU

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.

Axios

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

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 Independent UK

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.

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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

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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

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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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Haaland: Report on Indigenous boarding schools expected soon

The Interior Department is on the verge of releasing a report on its investigation into the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools

Axios

"Significant deficiencies": Biden admin suspends Alaska mining road plans approved in Trump era

It's asking a court to send the permit back to the Interior Department for further analysis on environmental impacts.

The Independent UK

Interior Department approves $1B to clean up abandoned wells

The Department of Interior is spending $1.15 billion to create jobs across the United States by capping abandoned oil and gas wells in communities plagued for decades by air and water pollution from wells

Axios

Judge nixes Gulf of Mexico oil leases in climate-focused ruling

"Barreling full-steam ahead with blinders on was simply not a reasonable action" for the Interior Department, judge said.

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