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Year of Renewables - Solar Power

We began in the March with Solar � a renewable technology that can be used across a range of scales and climate zones.

Alaskan Native Gwich'in Communities north of the Arctic Circle have figured out how to replace their use of diesel fuel for their energy needs(which must be brought in by air tankers due to the lack of roads in the area) with PV systems during the summer months of midnight sun.

The Pueblo of Jemez, with their abundant sunshine, is developing a larger, utility scale solar energy project and is one of the first tribal communities that is selling their solar power back to the local electrical utility and to Los Alamos- providing a stable, profitable revenue stream to the Pueblo.

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwa in North Central Minnesota is striving to achieve sustainability, reduce revenue that leaves the community, and create green jobs Leech Lake tribal members. Over 30 homes have now been fit with solar furnaces. Results have been positive and interest from the community is growing.

RECENT SUCCESS STORIES

Solar Power — Read about it �

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Brownfields State and Tribal Response Program — Read about it �

Tribal Water Quality Accomplishments — Read about it �

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Pollution Prevention Week 2010 Video Contest

What if everyone did one small thing to make less of an impact on our environment? It's the question Pollution Prevention Week 2010 is asking.

Send us your answer in a 60-second-orless video telling how changes in your daily life can have a positive impact on the environment.

Entries are due by September 19, 2010. For details, click here.

JOIN OUR CONFERENCE CALL

2010 - Year of Renewables - The NPPR Tribal P2 Workgroup will be highlighting tribal renewable energy projects in our bi-monthly conference calls.

The workgroup meets at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, Noon Mountain and 11am Pacific. Notices of conference calls are sent to Workgroup listserv participants.

Subject: Wind Wind Wind
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Time: 2 pm ET, 1 pm CT, Noon MT, 11am PT
Call in Number: 888-296-6500 Pass code 547845

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TRIBAL P2 NEWS

Fight against mine could be a bloody affair - September 2, 2010
Air, earth, water: Wampanoag lab keeps tabs on environment - September 1, 2010
New Study Links Toxic Pollutants to Canadian Oil Sands Mining - August 30, 2010
Sacred site gets respite - August 30, 2010
Poarch Band of Creek Indians receives forestry honors - August 30, 2010

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Southwest Renewable Energy Conference 2010 - September 15-16 in Santa Fe, NM
Webinar: Greening University Campuses - September 16
Remarkable Beyond Borders: Shaping the Future of the Crown of the Continent - September 23-24 in Alberta, Canada
10th Annual BioCycle Conference on Renewable Energy From Organics Recycling - October 18-20 in Des Moines, IA
RCC Web Academy: Recycling and Solid Waste Management Educational Series - 2010 - Third Thursday of the month through October from 1:00�2:30pm Eastern time

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