A recent article in Science Magazine co-authored by Sandra Begay (Dine), member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories’ Indian Energy program, provides a robust overview of opportunities and challenges on the path to developing renewable clean energy on Tribal lands and with Tribal communities. As the article states, “Bold action is needed to address unmanageable time scales, limited access to information, and a need to build capacity… As governments plan their transitions to renewable energy, Indigenous peoples must be deeply involved. In the United States, tribes, who like many marginalized communities often bear disproportionate public health and socioeconomic burdens from climate change and legacy pollution, now have the opportunity to redress historical injustices while helping meet national sustainable energy needs. Tribal lands contain an estimated 6.5% of utility-scale technical potential for US renewable energy development on 5.8% of land area.” Download the article.
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