By Benjamin Storrow | Scientific American | April 8, 2019 The Navajo Nation’s shift away from coal and toward renewables is a test case for a wider U.S. transition Before the arrival of the U.S. Army in the mid-1800s, four mountains marked the boundary of the Navajo’s ancestral homeland. Today, the tribe could draw a … Read more Coal’s Days in Navajo Country Are Numbered

By Laurel Morales | NPR | April 7, 2019 The Navajo and Hopi have fought hard to hold on to coal. Three generations have worked for the West’s largest coal-fired power plant, the Navajo Generating Station. The tribes have relied heavily on its revenue. So when the Phoenix-based Salt River Project announced it was shutting … Read more On The Navajo Reservation, Turning From Coal To Renewables

By Rima Krisst | Navajo Times | April 4, 2019 Nez-Lizer embrace renewable energy In front of an exuberant crowd of supporters, President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer on Tuesday signed a proclamation to move toward renewable energy, joining a national trend. The “Navajo Sunrise (Háyoolkáál) Proclamation” “creates a new economic vision for the Navajo people … Read more ‘Planting a seed’