Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání “Sacred Springs Speaks”

EcoFlight Tour over Black Mesa Friday, September 22, 2023, a Tó Nizhóní Ání team member and other local Black Mesa residents joined EcoFlight for a tour of the western and northwest areas of the Black Mesa region. The tour began at the Tuba City Airport in Tuba City, AZ and traveled up Blue Canyon east…

Navajo coal-impacted community members traveled to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to testify and provide public comment before the Administrative Law Judge on the Arizona Public Service rate case on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. View the recorded livestream at the link here: Hearing – E-01345A-22-0144 – Arizona Pubic Service Company After the…

For Immediate Release, July 14, 2023  Contacts:  18 Navajo Chapters Oppose Huge Pumped Storage Projects Threatening Arizona’s Black Mesa  BLACK MESA, Ariz.— Tó Nizhóní Ání, Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity submitted resolutions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today from Navajo chapters and agencies opposing three pumped storage…

Black Mesa Plant Project The Black Mesa Plant (Dził Yíjiin Nanise’) Project began with an orientation from the project facilitator Arnold Clifford, a renowned Diné Botanist from the community of Bitł’ááh Bito’ (Beclabito), NM, in the spring of 2023. This project is the first for Dził Yíjiin (the Black Mesa region), where local Diné interns…

If you missed our Informational Session on Hydrogen presented by Jessica Keetso, Eleanor Smith, and Pricilla Weaver, check out the presentation below. How can you help? We are presenting to Chapters across the Navajo Nation, and our priority region is the Northern Agency of the Navajo Nation. Join us if we are presenting at your…

Navajo coal-impacted community members travel to Tucson, Arizona, for the Tuscon Electric Power rate case to provide testimony and public comment on the need for just and equitable transition support for tribal coal-impacted communities. For Immediate Release, April 12, 2023 Contact: Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání, info@tonizhoniani.org Nicole Horseherder, Tó Nizhóní Ání, info@tonizhoniani.org Navajo Coal-Impacted…

Tell the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) to support rural and tribal communities hit hard by the closure of coal plants and mines owned by Tucson Electric Power (TEP). Tucson Electric Power has asked the ACC to allow it to increase rates and service fees by nearly $200 a year for the average residential customer. Tucson…