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A Diné (Navajo) Community Activist Investigates Leaks at Oil & Gas Sites in New Mexico (Videos)

June 25, 2022 admin climate change, Fossil Fuels, Louisiana, methane leaks, natural gas, navajo, NEW MEXICO, Oil, research

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 03:40:33 +0000

A Diné (Navajo) community activist investigates leaks at oil and gas sites in New Mexico. With an infrared camera in hand, a Diné (Navajo) community activist investigates methane leaks at oil and gas sites. Environmental protectors sound the alarm and push for regulation in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin. In Southern Louisiana, land loss poses […]

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Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later

August 12, 2019 admin disasters, environment-people, Features, native americans, navajo, NEW MEXICO, nuclear power, uranium

Credit to Author: Samuel Gilbert| Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:49:09 +0000

Residents say they’ve been ignored even as the struggle with contaminated water and worry about having children.

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Navajo Nation Ends Bid to Acquire 2.3-GW Coal Plant

March 25, 2019 admin Arizona, Coal, Hydro, ieefa, kayenta, navajo, navajo nation, ngs, ntec, peabody, Renewables, srp

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:48:28 +0000

After a Navajo tribal council on March 21 voted 11–9 to block acquisition of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) and Peabody Energy’s Kayenta coal mine, the Navajo Transitional Energy Co. (NTEC) announced it would drop its bid to keep the 2.3-GW coal-fired plant near Page, Arizona, open. NTEC, a company wholly owned by the Navajo […]

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Companies End Effort to Buy Navajo Generating Station

September 21, 2018 admin Arizona, arizona public service, avenue capital, bureau of reclamation, Business, Coal, hopi, middle river power, navajo, Navajo Generating Station, news, nv energy, tucson electric power

The companies negotiating to purchase the largest coal-fired power plant in the southwestern U.S. have ended their pursuit, which means the 2,250-MW Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Arizona, remains scheduled to close by year-end 2019. Avenue Capital, a New York-based global investment firm focused on distressed assets, and Chicago-based Middle River Power on September […]

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Potential Navajo Station Operator—Less Capacity Equals More Profit

August 16, 2018 admin arizona public service, avenue capital, bureau of reclamation, Business, center arizona project, Coal, Gas, hopi, interior department, middle river power, natural gas, navajo, navajo generating, navajo nation, news, nv energy, peabody energy, tucson electric power

The possible new operator of the largest coal-fired power plant in the western U.S. told Arizona regulators this week the company would run the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) at less than half its installed generation capacity in order to maintain profitability. An official for Illinois-based Middle River Power (MRP) also said the plant would operate […]

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