Michigan tribe receives $4 million to prepare for climate change - News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM
Michigan tribe receives $4 million to prepare for climate change | News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM
It’s been less than four months since Michigan’s Gun Lake Tribe received grants totaling $4 million for its plans to fight climate change. Its electric infrastructure implementation project ramped up this spring.
Phyllis Davis with the Gun Lake Tribe says they were looking at ways they could increase efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impact on their area.
“Those dollars were used to replace existing vehicles for the government campus and our gaming venue with electric vehicles and charging systems that we will have installed throughout the footprint of our tribal campus,” Davis said.
This month, the Gun Lake Tribe had a visit from U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, who touted their successes so far and announced an additional $120 million in grant funding to help tribal communities around the country prepare for climate-related threats. The money is part of a larger $560- million investment in Tribal Climate Resilience programs.
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