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Tina M Casey<p>Here's an onshore wind project even Trump could love: More power, less turbines, no mountaintop removal.</p><p><a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/08/west-virginia-to-host-a-335-mw-coal-killing-wind-farm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleantechnica.com/2025/07/08/w</span><span class="invisible">est-virginia-to-host-a-335-mw-coal-killing-wind-farm/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/onshorewind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onshorewind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windfarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windfarms</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windturbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windturbines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windrepowering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windrepowering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>westvirginia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/windpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windpower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energytransition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/greenjobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenjobs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/uswindindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uswindindustry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/coalmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coalmining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/mountaintopremoval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mountaintopremoval</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@BernieDoesIt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BernieDoesIt</span></a></span> </p><p>The Rise and Fall of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Centralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Centralia</span></a> | PA’s Toxic Ghost Town</p><p><a href="https://pabucketlist.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-centralia-pas-toxic-ghost-town/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pabucketlist.com/the-rise-and-</span><span class="invisible">fall-of-centralia-pas-toxic-ghost-town/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Urbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urbex</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalFire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GhostTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GhostTown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentraliaPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentraliaPA</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Grassroots Resistance to Environmental Destruction in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Part V: Coal Poisons the Environment and Fuels a Criminal Economy <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1144248/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1144248/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bosnia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bosnia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BosniaAndHerzegovina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BosniaAndHerzegovina</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BosniaHerzegovina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BosniaHerzegovina</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extractivism</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Herzegovina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Herzegovina</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>
CoinOfNote<p>Dear <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Numismatics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Numismatics</span></a> friends, I would like you to share a piece you like (<a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coins</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CoinCollecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoinCollecting</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Banknotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Banknotes</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Tokens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tokens</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Medals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medals</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Exonumia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exonumia</span></a>) with the <a href="https://historians.social/tags/SaturdayNightCoinShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SaturdayNightCoinShow</span></a> hashtag. To make it easy, it doesn't strictly have to be "Saturday Night" - any time on the weekend or near is fine :)</p><p>Here's one I quite like, which I posted roughly a year ago. An N.C.B. Rawdon check from the UK: <a href="https://coinofnote.com/n-c-b-rawdon-check-uk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coinofnote.com/n-c-b-rawdon-ch</span><span class="invisible">eck-uk/</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coalmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalmining</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rail</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Railway</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/numismatics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>numismatics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodon</span></a></span></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Dine' tell Navajo Council 'NO COAL!'</p><p>The Monster has returned, and it is even more grotesque than the one before. Dine' remember forced relocation, the loss of water and medicine plants, and the loss of loved ones. Navajos say 'No!; to Trump and Navajo President Nygren's push for coal.</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rss-parrot.net/u/bsnorrell.blogspot.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsnorrell.blogspot.com</span></a></span> June 1, 2025</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForestLake</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> -- "Dine' told the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNationCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNationCouncil</span></a> that the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalIndustry</span></a> has cost them their aquifer water, and their health. Combined with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMining</span></a>, they have lost their loved ones to widespread <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLungDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLungDisease</span></a> killing their people. </p><p>"Dine' remembered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedRelocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedRelocation</span></a> and the stripping of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forest</span></a> by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeabodyCoal</span></a>, during a hearing on Friday. The Navajo Council was told to stand up for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FutureGenerations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureGenerations</span></a>, or step aside.<br> <br>" 'The Navajo Nation has provided coal to the big cities for decades, while the people of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a> have nothing to show for it," Dine' from Black Mesa told the Council.<br> <br>" 'We are supposed to be the Protectors of the Earth.'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LouiseBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouiseBenally</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KleeBenally</span></a>'s aunt] of Big Mountain told the hearing that you can't trust what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is telling you because he'll change whatever he says in the next sentence. Louise said he has no concept of what being a human is. </p><p>" 'Keep your prayers and your language, those are the things that really matter for us <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousPeople</span></a>,' said Louise. She and her family spent their lives resisting forced relocation brought by Peabody Coal's mining on Black Mesa. </p><p>" 'Everyone was opposed to another <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a>, it's not good for anything, and it is causing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenhouseGases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGases</span></a> to continue to rise,' Louise told Censored News.</p><p>" 'Doctor Nygren doesn't know that. He needs a hogan level of education.'</p><p>" '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> is so, important to every living thing, we need to be finding solutions not making things worse.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05/live-navajo-hearing-on-revitalizing.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/live-navajo-hearing-on-revitalizing.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EO14241" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EO14241</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dineh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineteh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dineteh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirtyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCoalMining</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RememberKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RememberKleeBenally</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> Devastated the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> and Brought <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackLungDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLungDisease</span></a> -- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForestLake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForestLake</span></a> Hearing on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coal</span></a></p><p>by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/T%C3%B3Nizh%C3%B3n%C3%AD%C3%81n%C3%AD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TóNizhóníÁní</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a><br>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rss-parrot.net/u/bsnorrell.blogspot.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsnorrell.blogspot.com</span></a></span> <br>June 6, 2025</p><p>"On Friday, May 30, 2025, the Office of the Speaker held a public hearing on coal at the Forest Lake Chapter House in Forest Lake (Tsiiyi’ Be’ak’id), Arizona. This open forum allowed participants to share their input and comments regarding the Federal Executive Order 14241, “Reinvigorating America’s Beautiful Clean Coal Industry,” aimed at amending federal policies to boost the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalIndustry</span></a>.<br>This public hearing came after community opposition and frustration to Navajo Nation President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a> ’s support of President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s executive orders to prop up coal. The public hearing generated over 50 public comments, more than 169 people in attendance.</p><p>"Tó Nizhóní Ání executive director <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NicoleHorseherder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NicoleHorseherder</span></a> was one of the first to provide comments in opposition of coal siting the decades-long impacts on the land and water. “The bottom line is coal mining has had adverse impacts to the aquifers and that’s Navajo water. What is Navajo going to do about it?' said Nicole as she provided a brief overview of the coal mining and reclamation issues at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KayentaMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KayentaMine</span></a>.<br> <br>"The federal agencies responsible for overseeing reclamation and cleanup acknowledged, verbally, that their duties are to the shallow <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquifers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aquifers</span></a> impacted by coal but mentioned the deep aquifers are the responsibility of the Department of Interior. These are just one of many issues impacting the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a> region, which played host to the coal industry for over 50 years."</p><p><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06/to-nizhoni-ani-coal-mining-devastated.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/06</span><span class="invisible">/to-nizhoni-ani-coal-mining-devastated.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EO14241" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EO14241</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dineh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineteh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dineteh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoCoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCoalMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericanNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople</span></a></p>
Go Weapons Hot<p>"In his role as adviser to Smith, Yager recently wrote a report on Alberta’s multibillion-dollar abandoned wells problem that advised the government to deregulate the cleanup process and blame environmentalists for changing industry’s economic fortunes."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/aer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/coalmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coalmining</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DanielleSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSmith</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/27/Alberta-Regulator-Met-Northback-Before-Reversal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/27/Alb</span><span class="invisible">erta-Regulator-Met-Northback-Before-Reversal/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rss-parrot.net/u/bsnorrell.blogspot.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsnorrell.blogspot.com</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> Targeted Again for Sacrifice Zone: '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> Companies Preying on the People'</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> ask: Why is the Navajo Nation allowing energy companies to prey on communities and individuals? </p><p>By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, May 23, 2024</p><p>"Dine' on the Navajo Nation are now targeted with a push to revitalize dirty coal energy, and a hydropower project that would pump precious water from their aquifer. Dine' question why the Navajo Nation government is allowing energy companies to prey on the communities and individuals.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LouiseBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LouiseBenally</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigMountain</span></a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KleeBenally</span></a>'s aunt] said the bottom line is greed. 'They want to eat up everything but, don't know that even their lives depend on it too. Poisoning the natural cycle will come back and destroy them too.'</p><p>"The new stampede of parasitic energy companies to the Navajo Nation comes at the same time that <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> trucks, covered only with tarps, are traveling across the Navajo Nation, from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a> uranium mine to the mill in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaUte</span></a> community in Utah.</p><p>"At the same time, more than 500 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a>, and scattered radioactive debris, remain on the Navajo Nation, and was never cleaned up by the U.S. government. Dirty coal mines and power plants left the legacy of death and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedRelocation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedRelocation</span></a>.</p><p>Navajo Council Plans Meeting on Revitalizing Coal Industry<br> <br>"Citing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s push for new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a>, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNationCouncil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNationCouncil</span></a> plans to hold a public hearing on<br>revitalizing the coal industry.<br> <br>"The Navajo Nation Council announced the public hearing, stating that on April 8 President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order entitled, 'Reinvigorating America’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeautifulCleanCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeautifulCleanCoal</span></a> Industry<br>and Amending Executive Order 14241' aimed at reversing past federal policies, to boost the coal industry and to strengthen the country’s national energy security, according to the White House. </p><p>"The public hearing is scheduled in Forest Lake Chapter on Friday, May 30. Louise Benally and her family spent their lives battling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeabodyCoal</span></a> and resisting forced relocation at Big Mountain on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a>. She said what Trump is doing is another chapter in the assault on the land and people.<br> <br>" 'Pl 93-531 is a law created by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BarryGoldwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BarryGoldwater</span></a> to target our rights to water and land base to be taken away. He developed that law so, with what Trump is trying to do is no different.'</p><p>" 'They want to eat up everything but, don't know that even their lives depend on it too. Poisoning the natural cycle will come back and destroy them too.'</p><p>" 'The American political system is not our government as traditional people which is where all our modern day problems come from in the form of an endless greed to keep eating up the earth and the natural resources.'</p><p>"Louise questioned Navajo Nation President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a>'s support of Trump and coal mining in Washington, and Nygren's agreement for uranium trucks to cross the Navajo Nation. 'The Navajo Nation government is at a crossroads. Buu has been taken by Trump, and the people he is supposed to be responsible for are in question.'</p><p>" 'He has been taken into the bag of greed -- uranium and coal yet, there is no water. We want accountability.' "</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05/navajo-nation-targeted-again-for.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/navajo-nation-targeted-again-for.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyFuels</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineteh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dineteh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NukingTheNavajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukingTheNavajo</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteMesaMill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteMesaMill</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NukingTheNavajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukingTheNavajo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NukingTheUte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukingTheUte</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Paiute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paiute</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hopi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hopi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BidiiRoots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BidiiRoots</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DineCARE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DineCARE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlainUraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlainUraniumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumTransport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveDust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveDust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RememberKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RememberKleeBenally</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DishonoringTheMemoryOfKleeBenally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DishonoringTheMemoryOfKleeBenally</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HaulNo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HaulNo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2088044/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2088044/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> When it comes to energy, why can’t Colorado be more like Wyoming? | News <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colorado</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CommonSenseInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonSenseInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenhouseGasEmissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGasEmissions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/JaredPolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JaredPolis</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MarkGordon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkGordon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NUCLEARENERGY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NUCLEARENERGY</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wyoming</span></a></p>
Go Weapons Hot<p>"Lorne has been following the impact of <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/coalmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coalmining</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/Alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alberta</span></a> for the last 50 years...<br>So while the <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/UCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCP</span></a> are certainly trying to paint a picture for Albertans that coal can and will be mined safely, Lornes research and experience tells a very different story!"</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://anchor.fm/s/109283fc/podcast/play/99941117/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-16%2F396680844-44100-2-a04818a92b945.m4a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">anchor.fm/s/109283fc/podcast/p</span><span class="invisible">lay/99941117/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-16%2F396680844-44100-2-a04818a92b945.m4a</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Oh. Too expensive, eh? Maybe all that money we're saving from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> could go towards installing scrubbers or replacing them! (JK! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGESucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGESucks</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a>!)</p><p>More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MercuryLimits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryLimits</span></a></p><p>More stringent rules were scheduled to be enforced in 2027. Selected plants will now have two more years to comply. </p><p>By Dan Gearino<br>April 16, 2025</p><p>"Included in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s order last week to boost the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> industry was a two-year exemption to a rule that would have forced some of the nation’s most polluting power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other air toxics. </p><p>"The ramifications of this exemption are beginning to sink in for people across the country who saw the mercury rule, updated and enhanced last year by the Biden administration, as a crucial part of reducing the harm of these power plants. </p><p>"The Environmental Protection Agency [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>] published a list of 47 plant owners and more than 60 plants that now have additional time to meet mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) that were set to become more stringent in 2027. </p><p>"The actions are part of a broader agenda in which the Trump administration aims to use executive orders to cut environmental regulations and increase electricity generation, mainly from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a>.</p><p>" 'The Trump administration has created an illegal special exemption by which polluters can go to the president and request a ‘get out of jail free’ card when it comes to the Clean Air Act,' said Howard Learner, CEO and executive director of the Environmental Law &amp; Policy Center, a Chicago-based advocacy group that works throughout the Midwest. 'That’s legally irresponsible; it’s bad policy, and it will really harm people as a result of more pollution.'</p><p>"The exempted plants are in 23 states and include some of the country’s leading <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/polluters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polluters</span></a>, such as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JamesHMillerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesHMillerPlant</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alabama</span></a>, owned by Southern Co., and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LabadiePlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabadiePlant</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Missouri</span></a>, owned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmerenCorp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmerenCorp</span></a>.</p><p>"Many of the plants are old, such as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TennesseeValleyAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TennesseeValleyAuthority</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ShawneePlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ShawneePlant</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a>, whose oldest generating unit began operating in 1953. </p><p>"A few are relatively new, such as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DryForkStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DryForkStation</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wyoming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wyoming</span></a>, which opened in 2011 and is owned by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BasinElectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BasinElectric</span></a> Power Cooperative.</p><p>"The list consists mostly of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalPlants</span></a>, but also includes a few properties that burn <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16042025/power-plants-exempted-from-federal-mercury-limits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insideclimatenews.org/news/160</span><span class="invisible">42025/power-plants-exempted-from-federal-mercury-limits/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/uocBf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/uocBf</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MercuryPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryPoisoning</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAir</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirtyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheGeneratingStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheGeneratingStation</span></a> is one of 66 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalPlants</span></a> to get <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a> exemption from Biden-era <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirPollution</span></a> caps </p><p>Sammy Travis / Cronkite News<br>April 21, 2025 </p><p>"WASHINGTON — The Apache Generating Station, one of the last remaining power plants in Arizona that use coal, is among 66 power plants nationwide granted exemptions by the Trump administration from updated standards on mercury, arsenic, lead and other toxic pollutants.</p><p>Environmentalists worry that allowing plants to avoid compliance with the new standards could harm air quality, public health and the environment.</p><p>Power companies have been phasing out coal plants in Arizona for years. The last is targeted for closure in 2032, when federal rules kick in that require 90% capture of carbon emissions.</p><p>But Arizona’s intense summer heat puts a strain on the supply of electricity, and power companies have long turned to older, dirtier technology when demand peaks.</p><p>At issue are Environmental Protection Agency standards known as the MATS rule, part of the Clean Air Act, which President Richard Nixon signed in 1970. Congress updated it in 1977 and 1990.</p><p>The Apache Generating Station’s waiver allows its owner and operator, Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, to comply with the 2012 version of the federal standards rather than stricter caps issued by the EPA in April 2024.</p><p>The MATS rule was originally aimed at coal-burning plants. The EPA has expanded it to apply to natural gas; Apache, a 408-megawatt plant about 80 miles east of Tucson, uses both.</p><p>Natural gas generates far less toxic material and particulate matter than coal. But it does create carbon dioxide, and the Biden administration also issued rules aimed at curbing those greenhouse emissions.</p><p>[Next section talks about how UPGRADES ARE EXPENSIVE! THEN HAVE BILLIONAIRES PAY FOR THEM! OR REPLACEMENT ENERGY SOURCES!]</p><p>"President Donald Trump signed an order shortly after taking office that rolled back Biden-era EPA regulations. In April, he signed multiple executive orders promoting coal.</p><p>"His cost-cutting effort, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has also aggressively curtailed the EPA’s staff and mission."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/04/21/arizona-coal-plant-epa-exemption-new-toxic-air-pollution-cap/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/21/arizona-coal-plant-epa-exemption-new-toxic-air-pollution-cap/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MercuryPoisoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MercuryPoisoning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicAir</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DirtyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DirtyCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> Coalition Opposes <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> President's Push for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uranium</span></a> Transport</p><p>Dine' Coalition Press Statement, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a>, April 17, 2025 </p><p>WINDOW ROCK, Arizona -- "A coalition of grassroots groups released a statement in response to recent announcements and actions by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a> President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a> regarding coal development, carbon market deals, and potential new mining projects.</p><p>"The coalition will host a Press Conference from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (MDT) on Monday, April 21, 2025, outside the Navajo Nation Council Chambers during the first day of the Navajo Nation Council’s Spring Session. Please bring a folding chair, water, hats, and sunscreen, and dress appropriately for the weather to keep yourself safe and comfortable during the Press Conference. </p><p>"Summary of full statement:</p><p>● We call on the Navajo Nation President to stop making deals that degrade our land, water, and future.</p><p>● We urge tribal leaders not to repeat historical mistakes with respect to uranium extraction: Leave this Nayee’, Łeetso, in the ground. The cleanup and remediation of hundreds of abandoned mines must be completed, prioritizing public health safety and ecosystem health.</p><p>● We stand against the transport of uranium ore across the Navajo Nation because it is inconsistent with the intent of the Navajo Radioactive and Related Substances, Equipment, Persons and Materials Transportation Act of 2012, regardless of jurisdictional limits on our highways and roads.</p><p>● We steadfastly OPPOSE coal development, which negatively impacts the lands, water, and health of the Navajo people and contributes to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>● We stand in protection of our water, health, traditional lifeways, Earth bundles (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Jish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jish</span></a>), and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MotherEarth</span></a>. </p><p>"We call on all Diné <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandDefenders</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a>, healers, young leaders, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/matriarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matriarchs</span></a> and warriors to stand together at WINDOW ROCK on APRIL 21, 2025. Together, we will make our voices heard and remind our Navajo Nation government that they are entrusted to make decisions that protect our People and protect our sacred homelands.<br>Statement from Diné Coalition of Grassroots Organizers in response to Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren’s recent statements and actions regarding uranium, carbon markets, coal, and<br>other harmful extractive processes.<br>We are a coalition of Diné organizers, land defenders, water protectors, traditional knowledge holders, matriarchs, and young leaders. We are calling on our Diné people to stand united in protecting Mother Earth and our sacred homelands and waterways.</p><p>"The Nygren Administration’s recent statements and actions do not reflect the<br>will of the Diné People, and we call on our Navajo Nation Council to ensure that such actions are not taken in violation of our Free, Prior, and Informed Consent.</p><p>"With the Trump administration’s announced intent to ramp up production of 'mission-critical' uranium,<br>the private energy offenders are again targeting Diné lands with no intention of ensuring public health, safety, or environmental health. Diné land and water protectors understand that energy offenders operate through systematic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> that does not adhere to<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlain</span></a> uranium mine,<br>radioactive haul trucks, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrandCanyon</span></a>."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/dine-coalition-opposes-navajo.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/dine-coalition-opposes-navajo.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dineteh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dineteh</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NukingTheNavajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NukingTheNavajo</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Havasupai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Havasupai</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMines</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PinyonPlainUraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PinyonPlainUraniumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AirIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AirIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UraniumMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraniumMine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontNukeTheGrandCanyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontNukeTheGrandCanyon</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontNukeThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontNukeThePlanet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeAreTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeAreTheFuture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DontNukeTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontNukeTheFuture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>HT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rss-parrot.net/u/bsnorrell.blogspot.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bsnorrell.blogspot.com</span></a></span> </p><p>Deadly Coal Mining is a Photo-Op for Navajo President and the Media is Part of the Game</p><p>By <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrendaNorrell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrendaNorrell</span></a>, Censored News, April 12, 2025 </p><p>"The media covered up the true history of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a> mining on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a>. Now, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a> President <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygren</span></a> is pushing and celebrating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoalMining</span></a>, and was in D.C. for photo ops doing it.<br> <br>"Peabody Coal didn't just dig up coal -- they dug up Dine' from their burial places, and Dine' were put in museums. Dine' graves were dug up for 16 years, and cultural items were looted by a team from Prescott College, and millions of items were taken to Southern Illinois University. The Navajo government granted <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Peabody" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peabody</span></a> Coal its lease and knew about the robbing of graves of Dine' at the time.<br> <br>"It is a dark chapter in history, and the Navajo President now glosses over this cruel and toxic history with his PR spin and photos in self-promotion in DC."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04/deadly-coal-mining-is-photo-op-for.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/deadly-coal-mining-is-photo-op-for.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCornersPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourCornersPowerPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RobertaBlackgoat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertaBlackgoat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Din%C3%A9Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DinéResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FourCorners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourCorners</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigMountainResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigMountainResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FarmingtonNM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FarmingtonNM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BloomfieldNM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomfieldNM</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ToxicDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToxicDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoEnergyTransitionCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoEnergyTransitionCompany</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuuNygrenSoldOutHisPeople</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeabodyCoal</span></a></p>