Posts Tagged ‘Navajo Nation’
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.…
Read MoreNo Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project | #NoBMPSP
What is the Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project? The Black Mesa Pumped Storage Project (BMPSP) is a pumped storage hydropower project proposed by Nature & People First. This energy development company wants to build three “Pumped Storage” energy projects along the northeastern edge of Black Mesa. See the linked maps below for each project site.…
Read MoreJust & Equitable Transition – Navajo
COAL COMMUNITY TRANSITION BACKGROUND Several major coal-fired power plants that have helped ensure a reliable supply of electricity for Arizonans for decades have recently closed or are on the brink of closure. These plants include the Navajo Generating Station (NGS), the Four Corners Power Plant, the San Juan Generating Station, and the Cholla Power Plant.…
Read MoreHardrock Chapter Solar Celebration
The future is looking bright for Hardrock Chapter on the Navajo Nation. Tó Nizhóní Ání joined Native Renewables as they hosted the Hardrock Chapter Solar Celebration in Hardrock, Arizona, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. The morning was filled with great speakers from Vector Energy out of Chandler, AZ, Sunnova Energy from Houston, TX, Hardrock Chapter…
Read MoreDiné Residents of Black Mesa Tell Why They Support Build Back Better Plan
Biden’s Build Back Better Plan has the potential to help Black Mesa (Dził Yíjiin) heal from decades of exploitation Tó Nizhóní Ání released a video in which Diné residents of Black Mesa make the case for why they support the Build Back Better plan being considered by Congress. (Diné is the original name of the…
Read MoreRed Mesa Community Left in the Dark about Solar Project
Red Mesa Community Demands Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA), Open Discussions with Community on the Lack of Community Engagement and Consent Issues Red Mesa community members gathered at the NTUA Red Mesa District Office to urge NTUA to cease progress on the development of the Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Project. Until NTUA thoroughly explains the…
Read MoreVIDEO: A JUST TRANSITION AT NAVAJO GENERATING STATION
For 50 years, outside power companies profited from the exploitation of precious Navajo & Hopi water and resources, which supported coal plants like “NGS” and polluted Navajo land, depleting the source of drinking water for many Navajo and Hopi. Watch now → https://bit.ly/JustTransitionNGS
Read MoreACC RECOGNIZING JUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSITION FOR TRIBAL COMMUNTIES
NATIONAL ECONOMIC TRANSITION PLATFORM
BREAKING: Leaders from coal communities across America today released their historic platform for bolstering regions hit hard by the declining industry–a crisis deepened by the Covid pandemic. In their National Economic Transition Platform, local, tribal and labor leaders call on national and federal leaders to make a big, bold investment in communities from Appalachia to…
Read MoreWORC REPORT ON RECLAMATION JOBS
Help us spread the word via social media with the following handles and hashtags. Ahéhee’! Handles: @NNPrezNez @NavajoCouncil @RepRaulGrijalva @peabodyenergy @OSMRE @BlackMesaTrust @DineCARE1 Hashtags: #NavajoEquitableEconomy #NavajoNation #HopiTribe #ReclamationJobs Navajo/Hopi This is cleanup on the #NavajoNation a year AFTER Kayenta coal mine closed. Hundreds of miners are eager to go back to work on reclamation but…
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