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Native American activists and environmentalists are pushing the U.S. Interior Department to move ahead with its promise to include tribal perspectives when making management decisions that could affect culturally significant areas beyond the boundaries of Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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A federal appeals court says the U.S. government failed to consider the cumulative effects of greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the approval of nearly 200 drilling permits issued in an area surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
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The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and the preservation of Native American sites has prompted another legal challenge.
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The U.S. government, environmentalists and an energy company have reached a settlement over contested oil and gas leases in an area in New Mexico held sacred by Native American tribes. The agreement approved by a federal judge earlier this week would pause drilling on a few dozen parcels near Chaco Culture National Historical Park while federal land managers conduct an environmental review and consult further with tribes.
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Land managers are extending the comment period on a proposal that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a national park in New Mexico that Native American tribes consider culturally significant.
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Navajo Nation lawmakers continue to voice their concerns over a U.S. Interior Department plan to ban new oil and gas drilling near Chaco Culture National Historical Park in northwestern New Mexico. The federal proposal seeks to protect lands surrounding one of the nation’s most important Indigenous sites.
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The Navajo Nation Council is opposing a Biden administration plan to ban new oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National Historical Park for 20 years. Lawmakers say it could have negative economic effects on tribal communities within the area.
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The Biden administration has proposed banning new oil and gas leases surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. It follows years of efforts by Southwestern tribes to protect the culturally sensitive area.
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An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt are calling on the federal government to overhaul its oil and gas…
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Archaeologists and Native American leaders are pointing to a recent survey of an area around Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico that's…