Tackling climate change

On Wednesday December 7th, 2022 US Rep. Melanie Stansbury calls on the Biden administration to include tribal leaders more when it comes to climate change. Examining the Supreme Court case on race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities with law professor, Dan Lewerenz. Plus, Holly Cook Macarro with a review of the White House Tribal Nations Summit

U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, a New Mexico Democrat, is a member of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples in the House’s Natural Resources committee. This year, before COP 27 in Egypt, she wrote a letter to President Joe Biden calling for the federal government to consult with tribal nations when it comes to tackling the issue of climate change.

There are two cases before the Supreme Court that are looking at affirmative action in universities. Some legal experts are predicting, that given the makeup of the conservative court, affirmative action could be thrown out. Dan Lewerenz, an assistant professor of law at the University of North Dakota, provides perspective.

More than half of the leaders of the 574 federally recognized tribes were in Washington for the White House Tribal Nations Summit last week. The Biden administration touted the $45 billion investments in Native communities. Holly Cook Macarro, a partner with Spirit Rock Consulting and an ICT regular contributor, gives us a review of the summit.

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