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Maryanna Harstad was stunned and then elated when she heard that the Supreme Court had upheld a law on Thursday aimed at keeping Native American adoptees with their tribes and traditions.Adopted herself by a white family nearly two decades before the law was passed in 1978, she was worried about the effect that overturning it could have had on Native children.

Lower courts ruled that fracking for oil and gas in the Pacific Ocean could pose a threat to marine life.Gas is flared off from a flame boom aboard offshore oil and gas platform Edith in the Beta field off the coast of Long Beach, California.Tim Rue / Corbis via Getty Images On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the fossil fuel industry's challenge to a 2018 court-ordered moratorium on offshore fracking in federal Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of California, a rare victory for environmental groups and coastal conservationists who say producing oil and gas from under the seafloor poses a serious threat to ocean ecosystems and the climate.

WASHINGTON President Biden will announce sweeping new restrictions on offshore oil leasing in the Arctic Ocean and new conservation measures in Alaska, according to an administration official.The actions come as the administration prepares to approve an enormous drilling project in the North Slope that has faced widespread opposition on environmental and climate grounds.

A new bill introduced this week would make it illegal for unhoused residents in California to sit or sleep in certain public spaces.The proposal is already drawing ire from advocates, who say it does little to solve homelessness.Reporter: Erin Baldassari, KQED  
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The tribe has more than 3,000 members, "and over half of them live in these villages," Capoeman told NPR. "Getting them up up on the hill is critical for us."The new funds will go towards moving the community's most critical buildings.Down the line, Quinault's plan is to develop new homes and a school.

The federal government said on Monday it will spend $250m over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying southern California lake that is fed by the depleted Colorado River.The future of the Salton Sea, and who is financially responsible for it, has been a key issue in discussions over how to prevent a crisis in the Colorado River.

Donald J. Trump will not cross the Florida state line to campaign with Herschel Walker during the final week of the Georgia Senate runoff election, after both camps decided the former president's appearance carried more political risks than rewards, campaign officials for the two Republicans said on Monday.

Donald J. Trump will not cross the Florida state line to campaign with Herschel Walker during the final week of the Georgia Senate runoff election, after both camps decided the former president's appearance carried more political risks than rewards, campaign officials for the two Republicans said on Monday.

The Biden administration is soon set to approve ConocoPhillips' Willow Project, a major oil drilling project on Alaska's North Slope, according to a congressional source familiar with the details.The decision will be announced next week, the source confirmed.The expected approval is a victory for Alaska's bipartisan congressional delegation and a coalition of Alaska Native tribes and groups who hailed the drilling venture as a much-needed new source of revenue and jobs for the remote region.

California communities exposed to hazardous dust by a drying lake bed have found themselves at the center of tensions between Arizona and California over how to conserve water along the overtaxed Colorado River.U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat facing reelection, wants the federal government to withhold money for environmental cleanup at the Salton Sea until California agrees to use less of its share of the river.