Nicole Horseherder Archives

Navajo Coal Company Drops Bid To Buy Navajo Generating Station & Kayenta Coal Mine As…

March 23, 20195 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

On Thursday, March 21, the Naa’bik’iyati’ Committee (Committee of the Whole) of the Navajo Council voted down a resolution to support Navajo Transitional Energy Co.’s proposal to buy and operate Navajo Generating Station and Peabody Energy’s Kayenta coal mine, which supplies the power plant with fuel. The 11–9 defeat of the resolution led today to an announcement by NTEC that it was dropping its bid to buy the plant and mine.

Shift In Navajo Country As Coal Plant That Navajo Community Doesn’t Want Is Dropped

September 24, 20186 years ago Cynthia Shahan 0 Comments

“Now that Middle River Power has withdrawn its intention to purchase the Navajo Generating Station, all attention should now be directed toward developing new economic opportunities that will support the plant workers, the mine workers, and the Tribes that had grown overly dependent on coal revenue,” said Percy Deal, local Navajo Nation resident.

Navajo Group Travels To NYC To Protest Private Equity Firm Takeover Of Largest Coal Plant…

September 11, 20186 years ago Cynthia Shahan 0 Comments

CleanTechnica received the following email press release from Refugio Mata yesterday morning. In the afternoon, I had the fortune of speaking to Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director of the Navajo environmental group To Nizhoni Ani. Nicole says the coal plant they are protesting has led to air and water pollution as well as health consequences for her neighbors.