EPA Grants Oklahoma Control Over Tribal Lands
Agency Decision Reverses Tribal Sovereignty That Was Recognized in Landmark Supreme Court Ruling
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EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, who just stripped Native American tribes of regulatory control in Oklahoma, as seen in a May 20 Senate hearing on his rollback of environmental protections during the pandemic.
(Image: Pool photo by Al Drago via Getty Images.)