Nate Perez
Reflect America Fellow at NPR
@NPR's Reflect America Fellow. On the climate beat covering Indigenous communities and marginalized groups. From the San Joaquin Valley y hablo Español.
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1 week ago |
opb.org | Nate Perez
The Tebughna Foundation threw a big celebration in February after the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the nonprofit $20 million to renovate or replace 20 homes contaminated with asbestos and lead for the Native Village of Tyonek in Alaska. The project, which would also connect the homes to solar panels, aimed to upgrade houses built in the 1960s.
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3 weeks ago |
defenddemocracy.press | Nate Perez |Rachel Waldholz
By Nate Perez, Rachel WaldholzPresident Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement — again. Under the international climate accord, first negotiated in 2015, countries around the world agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to limit global warming and forestall the worst impacts of climate change. Trump has argued the agreement imposes unfair burdens on the American economy, and he withdrew the U.S. during his first term in office.
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1 month ago |
laist.com | Nate Perez
The Trump administration has sparked confusion over the future of two national monuments in California that President Joe Biden designated before he left office. Biden established Chuckwalla National Monument and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument on Jan. 14, protecting land considered sacred by area tribes. The confusion started March 14 when President Donald Trump issued an executive order rescinding several Biden-era actions.
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2 months ago |
npr.org | Alejandra Borunda |Nate Perez
The majority of employees who work at the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were put on administrative leave Thursday.
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2 months ago |
flipboard.com | Alejandra Borunda |Nate Perez
1 day agoPanama: Study says that Panama reports a "concerning" increase in deforestation and degradationPanama City, Panama - February 05, 2025 The increase in deforestation and degradation in Panama is "concerning," making environmental protection policies an "urgent necessity," the country's Ministry of the Environment reported this Wednesday, following the release of a study under the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) mechanism.
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