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Paiutes protest NV Energy project for cutting through burial sites, triggering pause

Federal land managers have already flagged finds along the transmission line. On Oct. 5 the Bureau of Land Management notified tribes that crews had made three "unanticipated discoveries" during Greenlink West construction.

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The Walker River flows through the Walker River Paiute Reservation on its way to Walker Lake.

Trump's anti-DEI push suspends $20M grant for a Nevada tribe's water infrastructure

On March 7, the Nevada Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) — the lead applicant on the grant — discovered it could no longer access the $20 million fund. Three days later on March 10, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced he was cancelling more than $1.7 billion worth of "DEI and Environmental Justice" grants, as part of the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) efforts to cut government spending and compliance with Trump's executive order to eliminate DEI across the government.