Heinz Family Foundation Names Nicole Horseherder the 28th Heinz Awards for the Environment

PITTSBURGH, September 20, 2023 — The Heinz Family Foundation today named Nicole Horseherder, co-founder, Tó Nizhóní Ání (Sacred Water Speaks), and Colette Pichon Battle, co-founder of Taproot Earth and former executive director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, recipients of the prestigious 28th Heinz Awards for the Environment. As part of the accolade, Ms.…

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Arizona Public Service (APS) Rate Case – Testimony/Public Comment

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…

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18 Navajo Chapters Oppose Huge Pumped Storage Projects Threatening Arizona’s Black Mesa

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…

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Dził Yíjiin Nanise’ Project

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…

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Hydrogen

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…

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Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Rate Case – Testimony/Public Comment

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…

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