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   Kevin Leecaster (greenfire@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:16:12 JST Kevin Leecaster

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   Friday, the Gila River Indian Community, whose land is in what is now Arizona, made history — breaking ground on the first solar-panel-lined water canal project in the US.

   The project is funded, in part, by a $5.56 million allocation from the Bureau of Reclamation. The Bureau of Reclamation also assisted with feasibility studies in the planning stage of the project.

   This is a win for Indigenous sovereignty and presents an expansion of federal government assistance for green energy projects.

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     Kevin Leecaster (greenfire@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Dec-2023 06:16:13 JST Kevin Leecaster

     A federal air pollution rule successfully cut smog-forming emissions in 10 states by 18 percent this past summer, according to data collected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

     But the agency’s rule, which was finalized back in March, originally targeted a much broader group of 23 states. Twelve of the remaining states, including AL, KY, MN, TX, and UT, have yet to implement the rule due to ongoing legal challenges brought by their Republican attorneys general.
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