Past News Items

Interior employees building a bridge while one person is hammering a nail into a piece of wood.

Funding will provide Indigenous youth with opportunities to engage in meaningful public service projects on federal and Tribal lands.

Date: 09/11/23
A close up photo of a bison in a herd.

$5 million in funding will further goals of Department’s Grasslands Keystone Initiative

Date: 09/07/23
The FY2023 Awards FAQ Webinar and Grant Writing Workshop now available.

Recordings of the TCR FY23 Annual Awards Program FAQ Webinar and Grant Writing Workshop are now available to view online.

Date: 08/16/23
A photo of a young group of journalism students.

Students & faculty win Indigenous Journalists Association awards

Date: 08/15/23
A photo of Tribal housing with access to electricity on Navajo Nation.

Investment from Inflation Reduction Act will help Tribes electrify homes, expand availability of clean energy in Indian Country

Date: 08/15/23
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate Climate Change Research Initiative program logo

NASA’s Science Mission Directorate’s Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI) program is recruiting STEM educators and students to participate in an interdisciplinary, collaborative, year-long STEM engagement and experiential learning opportunity. Educator and graduate student candidates will work directly with NASA scientists and lead research teams on a NASA research project hosted at either the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, CUNY City College of Technology in New York City, NY, or the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The summer component of each CCRI project also includes undergraduate and high school interns.

Date: 08/10/23
A photo of an employee digitizing a paper record toward modernizing the workplace.

Revisions to allow faster decision-making and review

Date: 08/09/23
Announcement
Map of the united states showing previously funded TCR projects, via the TCR Dashboard

With a combination of funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act, and annual appropriations, the BIA Branch of Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR) has announced a historic $120 million to help Tribal communities plan for climate-related environmental threats to their homelands as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

Date: 08/07/23
A 24-hour global dialogue with one purpose: Save our planet. United Nations Institute for Training and Research

The Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change is a global dialogue, developed by, for, and among Indigenous youth taking place on August 9, 2023. The main objectives are to share youth perspectives, approaches, observations, concerns, interests and strategies to address the local impacts of climate change across Indigenous communities on Earth and inspire Indigenous youth leaders to think short-to-long term across their lifetimes into the 22nd century to empower progress with sustainable development at local-to-global levels.

Date: 08/03/23
Environmental Protection Agency National Environmental Youth Advisory Council, apply by 8/22/23 at epa.gov/NEYAC

Join the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National Environmental Youth Advisory Council, a committee by the youth and for the youth. Applications are now open for EPA’s new National Environmental Youth Advisory Council, a space for young people to provide a critical perspective on how climate change and other environmental harms impact their communities. 

Date: 08/03/23