Recent Articles

• New Mexico concerned about Desert Rock February 17, 2007
  Farmington Daily Times, NM 
  Bill Richardson set limits for greenhouse gases in 2005 that officials say could effectively be negated by construction of the proposed Desert Rock Power

• Diné Elders Battle Desert Rock Power Plant January 12, 2007
  Telluride Watch, CO 
  DOODA DESERT ROCK… There’sa battle going on south of us over the proposal to build a new coal-fired power plant on the Navajo reservation – the same plant

• Navajos Camp Out Against Coal January 12, 2007
  Living on the Earth - Cambridge,MA,USA
  And they're getting help from activists throughout Indian Country and beyond - firewood, supplies and even an unlicensed, solar-powered radio station

• Media censors protest at Navajo inauguration January 11, 2007
  Infoshop News -
  Navajos wore masks in the march and protest, as they faced off with tribal police, to oppose the Desert Rock/Sithe Global Power Plant which President Joe

• Navajo Dissidents Take Action to Stop Tribe-Backed Power Plant December 22, 2006
  The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
  ... Since the project has not received final approval from the US Bureau of Indian Affairs, the resisters set up camp and demanded to see documents authorizing the

• Domestic violence continues to be a problem for Native communities December 22, 2006
  Indian Country Today, NY -
  RAPID CITY, SD - There are no accurate statistics that could punctuate the impact domestic violence creates in Indian country, and many programs that fight

• Shirley talks to resisters Sithe presents drill permits December 21, 2006
  Gallup Independent - Gallup,NM,USA
  ... 11 letter to Allen Downer of the Navajo Historic Preservation Department, URS Corp., which reviewed the documents for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, found there

• Navajo elderly threatened with arrest at power plant barricade December 21, 2006
  Infoshop News - 16 hours ago
  The Navajo Nation government is threatening to arrest Navajo elderly at a power plant site barricade, including elderly Alice Gilmore who holds the grazing

• Power plant partnership studies proposed plant site, despite protests December 21, 2006
  KOB-TV, NM -
  The group alleges tribal officials and Sithe Global Power, which is working with the Navajo Nation to build the plant, have not listened to their concerns

• Navajo Council holds special session this week December 21, 2006
  Farmington Daily Times - Farmington,NM,USA
  ... says, has long opposed "no strings attached" spending that could possibly deplete the fund, which works as a back-up if the Bureau of Indian Affairs does not

• Navajos continue protest over proposed power plant December 20, 2006
  KOB-TV, NM -
  ... The group alleges tribal officials and Site Global Power— which is working with the Navajo Nation to build the plant—have not listened to their concerns