Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání “Sacred Springs Speaks”

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 by Jessica Keetso and Eleanor Smith check out the presentation below. How can you help? We are presenting to Chapters across the Navajo Nation, with our priority regions focused on the Western and Northern Agency. Join us as we present at your Chapter and ask your officials…

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…

Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), don’t leave the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe out of your AZ EV Plan! Arizona is eligible for up to $76.5 million in National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program funding across five years. NEVI would fund a national network of EV Fast Charging stations along interstate highways. The NEVI…

Since the Black Mesa mine closed in 2005 and the Kayenta mine in 2019, efforts to return mined land to its pre-mining condition have been far from successful. Moreover, it is still unclear whose responsibility it is to reclaim groundwater aquifers that have been destroyed or depleted due to the mining. The window to fix that…