New EPA rules for tribal environmental protection

From Indian Country Today:  WASHINGTON – A new and long-awaited set of rules released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency aims to strengthen tribal regulation of clean air standards in Indian country, putting tribes on equal footing with states in regulating their own environments. The action, which tribes have been pushing for since the early 1990s, had been long delayed as the agency put many priorities ahead of regulations that would improve the health and economies of tribal citizens.

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