Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the funding available under the Clean Energy Technology Deployment on Tribal Lands — 2024 (DE-FOA-0003298) funding opportunity announcement (FOA) has doubled, increasing from $25 million to $50 million. Through this FOA, the DOE Office of Indian Energy is soliciting applications from Indian … [continued]
New Funding Will Help Tribal Communities Deploy Clean Energy Technology, Increase Energy Sovereignty and Resiliency, and Lower Energy Costs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $25 million in funding to support clean energy technology deployment on Tribal lands. This investment will strengthen Tribal energy sovereignty … [continued]
The designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument is not only extremely popular but its protections are long overdue.
Investment from Inflation Reduction Act will help Tribes electrify homes, expand availability of clean energy in Indian Country
Over Tesla’s 20 years in business, the company has ruffled a few feathers from those who want to maintain the status quo. Of course, traditional automakers and fossil fuel companies were opposed to Tesla’s very existence from the beginning, for obvious reasons. Tesla showed the world that EVs could be … [continued]
New Funding Will Help Tribal Communities Expand Clean Energy Deployment, Lower Energy Costs, and Strengthen Energy Security
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs (Office of Indian Energy) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to release a $50 million Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) this spring to support clean energy technology deployment on tribal lands. Awards from this planned FOA are … [continued]
The Trump administration took the wraps off a new rule that will make it easier to drill for oil and gas in national forests. At a time when communities are suffering from dirty air and the dangers of a warming planet — from wildfires and heat waves to hurricanes and derechos — we cannot afford to transform critical carbon sinks into drilling sites that threaten our health and collective future.
Trump is determined to promote fossil fuels over renewable energy, yet his own Department of Energy seems equally determined to embarrass him on that topic. In the latest example, yesterday the agency touted the benefits of renewable energy on tribal lands.
The nonprofit solar energy system installer GRID Alternatives has begun installation of 92 new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on tribal lands in the US — to be spread across 6 different communities in Montana, California, and South Dakota — according to recent reports. The new solar PV installations are being … [continued]
