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Committees in the U.S. House and Senate recently discussed abandoned mine policies, with some lawmakers calling for faster rollouts of federal money for cleanups.
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Biden Administration officials have been visiting the West a lot to promote spending packages like the Inflation Reduction Act. They’ve already directed more than $50 billion to the region. But it's unclear if rural residents care.
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A group of young Native advocates from the United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY) organization attended the White House Tribal Youth Forum earlier this month. The eleven delegates from UNITY spoke on panels with federal officials about issues facing Native youth today, like generational trauma and climate change.
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The Biden administration is kicking off a barrage of visits to promote federal spending packages like the Inflation Reduction Act – and the rural Mountain West is a big part of the itinerary.
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The Environmental Protection Agency has removed protections from more than half of the country’s wetlands. The agency says the change is designed to comply with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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President Joe Biden has designated another national monument in the Mountain West. Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument covers nearly one million acres in Northern Arizona and contains thousands of culturally and historically significant sites
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband helped announce a $44 million investment in making national parks more resilient to climate change.
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The federal government is spending billions on infrastructure projects, including ecosystem restoration. Here's a look at what some of those dollars are buying in Wyoming.
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The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing in mid-June about coal leasing on federal lands.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is spending nearly $1.7 billion to modernize and electrify bus systems across the country. Grants were awarded to communities in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Montana.