Clean Air, Cheap Energy, Or Jobs?

Closing a massive coal-fired power planet will result in cleaner air, more expensive energy, and a massive job and royalty income loss for the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nations.

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January 3, 2006, 12:00 PM PST

By Irvin Dawid

"A massive coal-fired power plant that has provided Southern California Edison with 7% of its electricity â€" but emits vast quantities of air pollution that have clouded views of the Grand Canyon â€" will close at year's end to comply with a court ordered deadline...

"The Mohave Generating Station near Laughlin, Nev., was required to upgrade its pollution controls or close by Jan. 1 under a consent decree won in 1999 by environmental groups. The groups had alleged the plant repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act."

"The biggest losers may be the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation, which provided natural resources and labor at the coal mine which feeds the plant. The tribes may now be without a major source of jobs and royalty money."

Thanks to Ralph Borrmann

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Energy Environment Government / Politics Nevada

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