Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání
World Rivers Day 2025
Happy World Rivers Day! #WorldRiversDay is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. Here on the Navajo Nation, our current boundary of our homeland is marked by some of the major rivers vital…
Read MoreKey Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting
Key Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting OPINION | Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání For more than five years, Peabody Western Coal Co. has been conducting reclamation activities at the former Kayenta Coal Mine without a valid permit. The permit, which must be renewed every five years, expired in July 2020,…
Read MoreTransition Navajo
Just and Equitable Transition Navajo Nation For decades the Navajo Nation dedicated precious resources to single extractive industries after years of enduring pollution and resource depletion. It’s time to change our ways! We must no longer serve industrial purposes. We must bolster our local economy. Adopt fresh perspectives, embrace renewable energy integration, and create pathways…
Read MoreSummer Interns 2025
Tó Nizhóní Ání Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers who spent their summer with us. Whether that’s in-person in the office and on the watershed or…
Read MoreRemembering Chei Johnny
Remembering Chei Johnny Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to express gratitude to the late Johnny Weiss, who passed on July 10, 2025. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energy”, a teacher to thousands. At TNA we knew him as “Chei Johnny”. He was not only an awesome instructor but our…
Read MoreTó Nizhóní Ání raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission
Tó Nizhóní Ání raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission August 25, 2025 Contact Shiprock, NM – On Monday, August 25, 2025, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Docket No. G-00000 A-25-0029 to raise concerns and issues about the impacts of…
Read MoreNavajo Nation Council Public Hearing on Coal
25th Navajo Nation Council Public Hearing on Coal On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Office of the Speaker held a public hearing on coal at the Forest Lake Chapter House in Forest Lake (Tsiiyi’ Be’ak’id), Arizona. This open forum allowed participants to share their input and comments regarding the Federal Executive Order 14241, “Reinvigorating America’s…
Read MoreTEP Transmission Line ROW Renewal (Updated)
*This landing page has been updated to reflect information TNA recently received in a FOIA request and contains information on the original TEP ROW contract with the Navajo Nation* Did you know Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is requesting a transmission line right-of-way (ROW) renewal from the Navajo Nation? To find out more, read the information…
Read MoreDemocratic Senators held press conference to highlight the dangers of HB2679
Press Release Arizona State Senate Democratic Caucus 1700 W. Washington St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 April 29, 2025 PHOENIX – Democratic State Senators, joined by former corporation commissioners and environmental policy experts, gathered to highlight the dangers of HB 2679 (power; public utilities; UCC; securities). HB2679 shifts from historical uses of securitization, a financing mechanism, by expanding how it…
Read MoreTó Nizhóní Ání statement on presidential orders to prop up coal companies
For Immediate Release April 15, 2025 Contact: BLACK MESA, NAVAJO NATION – Recently, President Trump announced several executive orders to prop up coal. Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director of Tó Nizhóní Ání, issued the following statement in response: Besides the fact that coal has been disastrous for our health and planet, President Trump’s efforts to rescue failing coal…
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