New Energy Economy – Come out to protest PNM Jan 5! by NewEnergyEconomy on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds. A MESSAGE FROM NEW ENERGY ECONOMY – Please join with us and hundreds of New Mexicans on January 5th, 2015 at 9AM-11AM to demonstrate on the first day of the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) hearing […]
New Mexico's Largest Utility Wants To Charge Solar Owners Up To $30 A Month | ThinkProgress. PNM is one of many utilities seemingly stifling the proliferation of distributed solar power due to concerns over business-model disruption and long-term revenue impacts. Distributed solar advocates argue that solar can generate energy for the grid during peak demand […]
Group wants state regulators recused from PNM case | Albuquerque Journal News. “People want to know choices are being made transparently and wisely and democratically,” New Energy Economy executive director Mariel Nanasi said in a statement. “PNM (Public Service Company of New Mexico) and some of our state utility regulators have completely corrupted that public […]
Navajo Nation coal gives life — and takes it, some say. ARIZONA DAILY SUN reported, “Together, the facilities are the nation’s two largest plant emitters of nitrogen oxide, which can affect breathing in high concentrations, according to a study by the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Scientists found the plants are at the threshold of the […]
Our Power Campaign » Black Mesa Water Coalition. Black Mesa is significant to the Navajo people for a number of reasons. Four sacred mountains located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado surround the traditional homeland of the Navajo people. Together these mountains form the boundaries of the Navajo people’s home and universe. Within these four […]
Black Mesa mines: Native Americans demand return of their ancestors' bones | Environment | The Guardian. In 1967 the Peabody coal company came to the Navajo and Hopi reservations in northern Arizona and Utah to excavate a strip mine – but the land it leased from the tribes was on an ancient tribal burial ground. […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I’ve been hearing serious concerns about U.S. Congressional legislation, House Bill 5039. The title of HB 5039 is “To Make Technical Amendments to Public Law 93-531, and for Other Purposes.” P.L. 93-531 is the federal settlement of the so-called Navajo-Hopi-US Land Dispute. I say so-called because the history of the Navajo-Hopi-US Land Dispute […]
Here at Navajo Department of Natural Resources Energy Summit at Twin Arrows Casino. This is a general session and it’s titled “Regulations & Future of Energy Development & the Influences AKA National Trends.” The presenter is USEPA Region 9. After this general session is RECAP/Moving the Navajo Nation Forward on Energy and its Natural Resources, […]
Greetings Relatives/Frens/Humans, I finally connected to the wifi! I was a able to connect in my room but when I got to the conference area, I just cud not connect… I’m still here at Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources Energy Summit at the Twin Arrows Casino & Resort. Today is the last day. This […]
The Navajo Nation's Shifting Sands of Climate Change | Climate Central. Farmer Jonathan Yazzie said he used to grow corn, squash, zucchini, chiles and cantaloupe in northeast Arizona. But the drought has forced him to stop farming, at least for now. “The water is just not there no more,” he said. “We’re down to 15 […]
