http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/articles/the-life-and-death-of-desert-rock The Navajo Nation's proposed 1,500-megawatt coal plant always rested on shaky ground. Now, it may collapse entirely. No publisher Laura Paskus Coal-fired power Dine Power Authority San Juan Citizens Alliance Lori Goodman Mike Eisenfeld Dooda Desert Rock Green Justice Navajo Nation Dine CARE Desert Rock Council for Energy Resource Tribes Environmental Protection Agency President Joe Shirley Jr. 2010-08-17T16:49:12Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.5/tribal-casinos-expand-and-go-upscale To attract more customers and revenue, many Western tribal casinos are adding resort hotels, golf, spas and fancy restaurants. No publisher Jason Begay Twin Arrows Resort and Casino Pascua Yaqui Yakama Office of Indian Gaming tribal casino Fire Rock Casino Navajo Nation gambling tribes Casino del Sol Shoshone-Bannock 2013-03-20T19:41:16Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17573 The Navajo Nation is determined to finally claim its rightful share of the Colorado River after 86 years of being left out of the region’s water politics. No publisher Matt Jenkins Lena Fowler Colorado River Compact Pollack politics Western water Ron Milford Native Americans water rights Navajo Nation Navajo activists Stanley Peter MacDonald Max Goldtooth 2010-10-27T17:58:53Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/366/17574 Indian tribes were left out of the negotiations that divvied up the Colorado River in 1922, but it’s no longer possible to ignore them – particularly in the case of the Navajo Nation. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Colorado River Compact Native Americans water rights Navajo Nation Matt Jenkins Western water law 2010-10-27T19:43:27Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17770 On the drought-stricken Navajo Nation, scientist Margaret Hiza Redsteer studies the movement of sand dunes. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis climate change Hot Times scientists Margaret Hiza Redsteer Navajo Nation Climate Change sand dunes drought women 2010-09-30T15:58:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.21/a-contaminated-history-unearthed Investigative reporter Judy Pasternak describes uranium's effects on the Navajo Nation in Yellow Dirt: An American Story of a Poisoned Land and a People Betrayed. No publisher Molly Beer Yellow Dirt Manhattan Project Cold War cancer uranium mining Judy Paternak Navajo Nation VCA mining Harry Goulding Navajo uranium miners 2010-12-07T16:52:38Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.21/will-navajos-approve-a-grand-canyon-megadevelopment An audacious development proposal near Grand Canyon National Park divides a tribe and its neighbors. No publisher Peter Friederici Navajo Nation Grand Canyon Escalade Grand Canyon tram Hopi tribe Marble Canyon Bennett Freeze sacred sites 2013-01-02T16:06:25Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/314/16040 The closing down of the Mohave Generating Station and the Black Mesa Mine are both a victory for environmentalists and Indian water activists, and an economic catastrophe for the Hopi and Navajo nations No publisher Daniel Kraker Energy Coal Power Plants Coal Water Navajo Nation Hopi Reservations tribal governments Mohave Generating Station Black Mesa Mine Grand Canyon Trust coal mining Southern California Edison Peabody Coal slurry groundwater pumping Vernon Masayesva Black Mesa Trust Navajo aquifer K Native Americans 2010-02-05T08:56:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.18/indians-vs.-greens In a controversial resolution, Hopi and Navajo politicians have told environmentalists – including grassroots Indian groups – that they are not welcome on the Rez. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Black Mesa Mine Joe Shirley Jr. Peabody Coal Navajo Nation Dine CARE Native American politics Desert Rock Power Plant Hopi Tribal Council Indian environmentalists 2010-02-05T08:59:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.1/native-power-in-tucson HCN sponsors a conference on energy development and environmental activism on the Hopi and Navajo reservations; visitors; planning; corrections. No publisher Paul Larmer and Jodi Peterson oil and gas development environmental activists land use planning Paonia, Colorado Hopi Reservation Navajo Nation High Country News 2010-02-05T09:04:13Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15578 The Navajo Nation has banned uranium mining on the reservation, but that may not stop an already-approved mining project No publisher Laura Paskus Native Americans Reservations Uranium Navajo Nation Joe Shirley Jr. Navajo Tribal Council uranium mining Navajo reservation mining ban in situ leach uranium mining Hydro Resources Inc. sovereignty American Indians Eric Jantz New Mexico Environmental Law Center Nuc 2011-03-18T23:46:18Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17598 The Navajo Nation creates its own version of Superfund No publisher Stan Bindell mining cleanup Navajo Nation uranium mining hazardous waste cleanup Tribes 2010-02-05T09:27:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/319/16207 After long resistance to gambling, the Navajo Nation has decided to allow casinos on the reservation No publisher Gail Binkly Gambling Navajo Nation Indian gaming gambling Native Americans Indian casinos Joe Shirley Jr. George Hardeen reservation economic development tourism Lori Goodman 2011-10-27T21:37:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/323/16325 Navajo Nation opens arms to coal-fired Desert Rock power plant; plan to trade public lands for schools is pulled off table; EPA has new Homeland Security position No publisher Laura Paskus Navajo Indian Reservation Navajo Nation Desert Rock power plant tribal sovereignty Sithe Global Power Joe Shirley Jr. Mark Rey Agriculture Department public lands school funding public land sales BLM Forest Service House Appropriations Commit 2011-11-11T22:37:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16520 The Navajo Nation is fighting to keep uranium mining off the reservation, but eager uranium companies are determined to mine– and the federal government is on their side No publisher Laura Paskus Native Americans Nuclear Energy Reservations and Economic Development Uranium Navajo Nation Rita Capitan Mitchell Capitan uranium mining uranium mills radioactive dust health impacts Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hydro Resources uranium mining ban Tom Ehrlich Uranium Resources Inc. in situ mining Eastern Navajo Dine Ag 2011-11-30T23:59:43Z News Article