Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe seek Peabody mine delay
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Filed Under:
Environment
Representatives of the
Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe asked the
Interior Department to delay a decision on a mine application by
Peabody Energy, the
largest coal company in the world.
Tribal leaders and activists want the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to wait until president-elect
Barack Obama takes office.
They are worried about the impact of coal mining on their reservations.
"This is a sad day for the Hopi and Navajo," Hopi Chairman Ben Nuvamsa said at a protest, The Denver Post reported.
The Bush administration could approve Peabody's permit to merge two mines within the next week.
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