Forest County Potawatomi Renewables Program Nets EPA Top 30 Nod

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They squelched a mine, established air-quality monitoring and built a solar plant. Where does a tribe go from there?

For the Forest County Potawatomi Community it meant going deeper. The tribe has translated traditional values into a program that uses cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated environmental principles to preserve clean land, water and air for future generations. The Forest Potawatomi derives more than 55 million kilowatt-hours of power annually from renewables, supplying 105 percent of its energy needs...

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Lee, Tanya H.  "Forest County Potawatomi Renewables Program Nets EPA Top 30 Nod." Indian Country Today. May 21, 2014. Article. (https://ictnews.org/archive/forest-county-potawatomi-renewables-program-nets-epa-top-30-nod, accessed May 5, 2023)

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