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In the past five years, the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska have bought 3,000-odd acres of farmland that was once theirs. ....
Three Native tribes are rebuying back land that was once theirs, before the U.S. government took some and then desperation stole more. Getting it back isn’t cheap. ....
In the past five years, three Nebraska tribes – the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska – have bought an estimated 3,000 acres, total, of farmland that was ....
Under proposed rules from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, oil and gas well operations across the nation would be required to strengthen leak detection, repairs and regular inspections. Morgan King, climate campaign coordinator for the West Virginia Rivers Coalition, explained the new rules would clamp down on the practice of lighting gas on fire at production sites, known as routine flaring, which releases large amounts of methane and other air pollutants into the atmosphere, which nearby communities subsequently breathe in. . ....
A northeast Nebraska farming operation is starting the new year with an even bigger commitment to conservation, and they hope other farms take note. ....