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The U.S. has a long record of extracting resources on Native lands and ignoring tribal opposition, but a decision by federal energy regulators to deny permits for seven proposed hydropower projects ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Federal regulators have granted Native ...

The selections — funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law — are aimed at enhancing dam safety, improving grid resilience and protecting jobs. The Energy Department announced it had selected nearly ...

Early last year, the hydropower company Nature and People First set its sights on Black Mesa, a mountainous region on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. The mesa’s steep drop offered ideal terrain ...

New exclusions could accelerate approvals for maintenance, rehabilitation, and replacement of facilities at FERC-licensed hydropower projects In a decision notable enough to merit a novel docket ...

Federal regulators have granted Native American tribes more power to block hydropower projects on their land after a flurry of applications were filed to expand renewable energy in the water-scarce ...