Posts by Tó Nizhóní Ání
Diné Solidarity for Pushpum
Diné Solidarity for Pushpum Webinar The Navajo Nation Resource and Development Committee (RDC) has approved travel for its members to attend and participate in the Navajo Pacific Northwest Natural Resource Tour as it relates to large scale, irrigated agriculture and hydroelectric power pumped storage from August 1-3, 2024 in the Pacific Northwest in or near…
Read MoreProtect Navajo Water Logo
Logo Breakdown: Protect Navajo Water In June 2024, our organization proudly unveiled our Protect Navajo Water logo at the 2024 Heritage Festival at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona. We wanted this logo to represent the beauty of Navajo water and why we need to protect it. Our logo was brought to life…
Read MoreTri-State advances transformative ERP
Tri-State advances transformative electric resource plan with unopposed settlement filing (June 27, 2024, Westminster, Colo.) In an important milestone in its energy transition, not-for-profit wholesale power supplier Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association filed an unopposed comprehensive settlement of Phase I of its 2023 Electric Resource Plan (“ERP”) with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”). If…
Read MoreHydrogen Informational Summit
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, our organization hosted a hydrogen informational summit at the Shiprock Chapter House in Shiprock, NM. Over 50 people from Shiprock and the surrounding communities attended the event, most of whom were Diné (Navajo) and had already heard about the proposed GreenView hydrogen pipeline but wanted further information. Some believed that…
Read MoreWatershed Assessment Week
Tsiyi’ Tó Watershed Project/Training Assessment Week The Watershed Restoration campaign at Tó Nizhóní Ání has begun! In partnership with Natural Channel Design Engineering Inc., our campaign began phase one of the pilot project in the Tsiyi’ Tó Wash watershed in Hardrock, Arizona. Tsiyi’ Tó means “within the wooded area, there is water.” We are excited…
Read MoreGrassroots Response to Navajo Water Rights Settlement
Response from Grassroots, Diné Water Rights Coalition to the Navajo Nation Department of Justice, President Buu Nygren, and the Navajo Nation Council The Diné Water Rights Coalition, formed in 2012, comprises Diné community group organizations like Tó Nizhóní Ání and individual community members concerned about the Navajo Nation’s future water rights. The Diné Water Rights…
Read MoreGroups representing coal-impacted communities ask ACC to follow through on the agency’s public duty to provide a coal transition framework
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, March 25, 2024 CONTACT: Groups representing coal-impacted communities ask ACC to follow through on the agency’s public duty to provide a coal transition framework Despite years of acknowledging the need to help those impacted by early coal plant closures, Commissioners continue to turn their backs on rural and tribal communities PHOENIX…
Read MoreBlack Mesa to Appalachia
Black Mesa organization travels to the Appalachia region Last week, Tó Nizhóní Ání team members traveled to Southwest Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Western North Carolina for a cross-culture exchange from the Black Mesa region here in the Navajo Nation to the Central Appalachian Region. Our team spent the week from March 5th to March 10th…
Read MoreACC turns it’s back on rural and tribal communities in Arizona that are reeling economically from early coal plant closures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 CONTACT: ACC turns its back on rural and tribal communities in Arizona that arereeling economically from early coal plant closures PHOENIX – Despite repeatedly recognizing the responsibility that electric utilities have for providing assistance to communities harmed by the early closure of coal plants they own and operate, the…
Read MoreFederal Officials Reject Three Huge Arizona Pump Storage Projects Targeting Black Mesa
For Immediate Release, February 15, 2024 Contact: Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání, (928) 380-3914, a.herder92@gmail.comRobyn Jackson, Diné C.A.R.E., (928) 228-5805, robyn.jackson@dine-care.orgTaylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org Federal Officials Reject Three Huge Arizona Pump Storage Projects Targeting Black Mesa FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Heeding widespread community and Tribal opposition, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied preliminary permit applications today for three proposed…
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