Local activists, industry officials clash over new mining process
Weekly Edition | Dec. 23, 2011 | By: Manuel Quinones Contributor CHURCH ROCK, N.M. – Navajo activist Larry King looks out at the reddish-brown rock formations, dusty hills and grassy plains here that soon may be dotted with wells and other industrial equipment. King for years has tried to stop new uranium mining just miles from his home More...
EPA Issues Final Coal Plant Regulations
Thousands of Navajo Jobs, Revenues to General Fund at Risk By: Jared King NNWO Washington, D.C.—On Dec. 21 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued its final Maximum Available Control Technology, or MACT, More...
FEMA to give federally recognized Tribes Authority.
By: Navajo Post Federal logos of DHS and FEMA Native American Tribes are faced with natural disaster, The Navajo Nation in general is rooted with many cataclysm environmental events that could possibly be a major More...
URANIUM: As Cold War abuses linger, Navajo Nation faces new mining push
By: Manuel Quinones, E&E reporter/NP Contributor SHIPROCK, N.M. — This Navajo Nation town of 8,000 people — named for the towering rock formation that looms in the distance — is a living monument More...
Fact Sheet on Uranium Mill Tailings, Navajo towns effected.
By: The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the early 1980s, the price of uranium fell due to a lack of orders for new nuclear power plants in the U.S. and the importing of uranium from other countries. As a result, More...
Navajo: 2011 funding cycle provides needed infrastructure to seven chapters
By: Rick Abasta WINDOW ROCK-The final selections have been made for the fiscal year 2011 Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG). The Navajo Nation was approved for $4.5 million, which will fund seven infrastructure More...












