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Coal Mining Exploration Royalti Case in Navajo Coal Mine Deposit
Coal has proved to be a valuable resource for the Navajo Nation, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue each year to the tribe and jobs to its people on a reservation where half of the work force is unemployed.
Coal Mining Permit Expasion in Northern Arizona Approved
A controversy over coal mining in northern Arizona reached a milestone Dec. 22 when a federal agency gave the go-ahead for Peabody Western Coal Co. to expand an existing long-term permit on Black Mesa, home to Navajo and Hopi villages.
Coal Mine Exploration at Denver, Protesters Hopes Delay Black Mesa Coal Mining Permit
A delegation of 35 Navajo and Hopi tribal members, including Hopi Tribal Chairman Ben Nuvamsa, met Monday with the U.S. Office of Surface Mining in Denver in hopes of delaying a record of decision on the proposed Black Mesa Project.
Coal Power Plant Reopening Scrubbed
Salt River Project announced it would not attempt to clean up and restart power production at the coal-burning Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nev., because the venture would not be profitable.
The decision, announced Tuesday, means the Navajo and Hopi tribes could forgo millions in coal royalties.
It also probably means a proposed pipeline to tap the [...]
Coal plans prompt warning
Environmental groups warned this week that plans for more coal-fired power plants in the Southwest will worsen the threat of global warming and undermine the states’ conservation efforts.
A report by Environmental Defense and Colorado-based Western Resource Advocates says the greenhouse gas emissions from the roughly dozen coal-fired plants planned or recently built will be the [...]
West Slope uranium rush
Skyrocketing price of metal prompts resurgence of digging.
Colorado’s vast stores of uranium are once again causing an unprecedented rush of investors, hedge funds and prospectors toting Geiger counters and stake poles.
After three decades on hiatus, thousands of prospectors are back on the Western Slope, staking claims and seeking permits, bent on tapping the region’s rich [...]
