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1. " It's not that it's gonna kill their project, 'cause it's gonna kill every project," says Thomas, who's also a member o

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Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:08 AM

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................Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act doesn't just damage the Hopi's renewable energy dreams, says Thomas.

" It's not that it's gonna kill their project, 'cause it's gonna kill every project," says Thomas, who's also a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona.

Johns, the former director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, says there's probably a lot of confusion among tribes about what funding is still available.
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"Eliminating these clean energy programs within the IRA isn't just bad policy," says Johns. "It's a betrayal of the federal government's trust, responsibility to tribes."

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