Navajo Generating Station Lease Approved, 15 Amendments Attached

Anne Minard
May 01, 2013
The Navajo Nation Council has approved a controversial renewal to the tribe’s lease with the Navajo Generating Station – but with 15 amendments that could break the deal...

Navajo Nation Council Tables Navajo Generating Station Lease

Anne Minard
April 19, 2013
The Navajo Nation Council has tabled a decision on a lease renewal with the Navajo Generating Station, the controversial, coal-fired power plant on tribal land near Page, Arizona...

Navajo Nation Thawing Out From Devastating Winter

Anne Minard
March 04, 2013
The Navajo Nation is finally emerging from Operation Winter Freeze, an unprecedented weather-related state of emergency in which more than 3,000 homes lost water due to frozen and ...

Hopi and Diné Meet to Discuss Future of Navajo Generating Station

Tanya Lee
February 12, 2013
Long the cause of conflict and distrust, Black Mesa coal is becoming the key to a new approach to building a sustainable future for the Native peoples of the region and the many no...

Navajo Activists Spearhead Energy Transformation in the Four Corners Area

ICTMN Staff
December 11, 2012
On the Navajo reservation, pollution from coal production is allegedly causing respiratory illnesses, depleting local aquifers and contaminating drinking and agricultural water wit...

Salt River Project Purcahses Solar Credits from Navajo Tribal Utility Authority

ICTMN Staff
June 19, 2012
The Salt River Project (SRP) has agreed to purchase $220,000 worth of solar photovoltaic Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) over the course of five years from the Navajo Tribal U...
Adella Begaye

40 Years of Coal-Burning Power Plants on Navajo Land

Some hardships in life can be met through strong will and hard work. As a Navajo, I think of the many thousands of families on our reservation in New Mexico and Arizona who’ve long lived without access to electricity service or running water, and still do....

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April 27, 2012

President Shelly Applauds Economic Impact Study of Navajo Generating Station

ICTMN Staff
February 23, 2012
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly applauded a recent study that estimates Arizona stands to lose $18 billion between 2017 and 2044 should the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) shut ...

Shuttering Navajo Generating Station Could Cost Arizona $18 Billion

ICTMN Staff
February 22, 2012
A study , released Tuesday, demonstrates the critical value of the continued operation of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona beyond 2...
Benjamin Nuvamsa

Peabody to Build a Considerable Portfolio at Our Tribes' Expense

As you may know, the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation entered into three separate leases with Sentry Royalty Company (predecessor to Peabody Western Coal) beginning in the mid-1960...

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January 06, 2012

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