US government permits coal-fired power plant on Navajo land
Posted by at Aug 3rd, 2008 in Activism
Filed under: Health , Activism , Alternative Energy Are you kidding me? This is 2008, right? Yet just last Thursday, the US government signed off on the permit for the Desert Rock Energy Project , which will result in the construction of a 1,500-megawatt coal-fired power plant with no air-quality regulations in northwestern New Mexico, right smack dab in the Navajo Nation . Now, this wasn’t done against the will of the Navajo Nation, which may be even more disconcerting. In fact, Navajo President Joe Shirley Jr. states that the benefits of this power plant, which includes $50 million in annual revenue to the tribe and thousands of jobs, far outweighs the environmental concerns. What environmental concerns, you might ask? The air permit given to the project does not limit mercury or CO2 emissions at all. “This one massive plant will negate the emissions reductions being implemented by the northeastern states in the first mandatory regional program to cut global warming pollution,” said Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform . “The administration’s shameful decision rewards polluters, flouts the Clean Air Act and fails the American people.” Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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