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This Just in... from Outdoors Environmental News Magazine 14 January 2022 Headlines Elevate Energy in Chicago makes low-income housing more efficient (Climate Connections) Study finds low birthweight children associated with fracked oil/gas wells (Public News Service) Indigenous leaders prepare communities for climate change (btlonline.org) For centuries, Native Americans have relied on natural resources to sustain their families, communities, traditional ways of life, and cultural identities. This relationship with both land and water makes indigenous people and cultures particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. April Taylor is a sustainability scientist with the Chickasaw nation, who works at the South Central Climate Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Taylor assists 68 tribes across New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana to manage and plan for the many environmental impacts of climate change, including issues such as tribal water rights, sea level rise, flooding, droughts and wildfi