Navajo activists keep up fight against power plant
Monday, November 3, 2008
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Environment
Navajo activists will hold their second-annual prayer ceremony to oppose a major power plant on the reservation.
Dooda Desert Rock plans to meet November 8-11 near the site of the $3 billion
Desert Rock Energy
Project in Shiprock, New Mexico. "Dooda" means "No" in the Navajo language.
"We will be blessing Mother Earth and lifting our spirits up to continue fighting against Desert Rock," Elouise Brown, the group's president, told The Farmington Daily Times.
The
Navajo Nation signed a deal with
Sithe Global Power for the coal-fired power plant. The tribe will receive a cut of revenues.
The
Environmental Protection Agency approved an air permit for the project in August, after a lengthy review process. The state of New Mexico, along with environmental groups like
Dine Citizens Against Ruining our
Environment, are challenging the decision.
Get the Story:
Dooda Desert Rock plans second prayer ceremony Nov. 8-11
(The Farmington Daily Times 11/3)
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