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This is a blog site that centers on the proposed Desert Rock Energy Project, a coal-fired power plant on Navajo land to the southwest of Farmington, New Mexico in the area known as the Four Corners. Impacted Navajo community members in Burnham, New Mexico (proposed site) update this blog regularly for public viewing and updates.
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Sierra Club Immediate Release: "Court Rules Coal Plant Must Regulate Global Warming Pollution" (June 30 2008)
Durango Herald Online: "Sebelius: Clean power a winning issue" (June 27 2008)
Navajo Times, Letter to the Editor: "New EPA Standards mean cleaner air" (June 27 2008)
PUBLIC NOTICE: Office of Surface Mining Hearing in Burnham, New Mexico (June 25 2008)
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Special to the Durango Herald: "Fighting the power plant" (June 20 2008)
Associated Press: "EPA asked to consider proposed coal plant's technology" (June 19 2008)
Press Release: New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson Criticizes EPA (June 19, 2008)
Durango Telegraph: "The art of resisting Desert Rock" (June 19 2008)
Durango Telegraph: "Four Corners smog exceeds standard" (June 18 2008)
Durango Herald: "Coal a must for power, group says; Technology could help tackle carbon-dioxide emissions" (June 18 2008)
Recent Entries
May 25 2005 - Policy Debate, Power Plants on Navajo Land
Daily Times: "Navajo leaders' waste must be stopped" (July 1 2008)
Durango Herald: "NM Planning Commercial Solar Plant" (July 3 2008)
Daily Times: "Relocated Navajo question feds" (June 30 2008)
Sierra Club Immediate Release: "Court Rules Coal Plant Must Regulate Global Warming Pollution" (June 30 2008)
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Main Page  »  December 2006: The No Desert Rock Vigil
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Lucy A. Willie, right, stands at the proposed Desert Rock Power... (Lisa Meerts/The Daily Times)
At the Blockade Site: Sarah White and Alice Gilmore standing ground despite their Illnesses (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Molly Hogue: Praying and Hoping for Change (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
"Navajo Woman in Gas Mask" (Credit: Small Axe Organization)
Blockade Banner (Photo: Lori Goodman, Artist: Small Axe Organization)
Blockade Poster: Energy Output (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Exporting Power (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Water Cost (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Residents Pay More for Water (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Elder Louise Benally braving the cold at blockade
President Shirley visits Resisters at the Blockade Dec 18 2006 (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Shirley Visits Desert Rock Resisters (Courtesy of Lori Goodman)
Chasing out the Elders (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
No Restraining Orders are Shown to Resisters (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
The Unsympathetic Face of Navajo Law Enforcement (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
The Resisters are forced out (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Grandma is forcefully told to Leave (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Tearing Apart the Peaceful Vigil (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Tearing Down the Peaceful Vigil (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
"Have you No Heart?" (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Tearing Down Grandma's Tent (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Forcefully being Removed (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Forcefully Relocated (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Forcefully Relocated III (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Forcefully Relocated IV (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Running from Police Harassment (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Navajo Law Enforcement Ready to Raid Peaceful Vigil (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Navajo Law Enforcement Blocking Entrance to Proposed Site (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Navajo Law Enforcement Ready to Raid the Elders (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
Navajo Law Enforcement Chasing out the Elders (Dec 21/Credit: Faith Gilmore)
"Here to Stay": Desert Rock Blockade (Credit: Wahleah Johns)
Encroaching Navajo Police (Credit: IEN)
Restricted Access (Credit: IEN)
Memo from Shirley to Dayish
DESERT ROCK AGREEEMENT DAILY TIMES
The Resisters Demonstrate at the Presidential Inauguration (Photo Credit: Carlan Tapp/Jan.09.2007)