Roberto Nutlouis says residents of Navajo Nation communities directly hurt by the closure of a huge coal-fired power plant near Page deserve a just and equitable transition from the coal industry, which adversely affected the area's land, water and people while benefitting cities like Phoenix and Tucson.
Nutlouis, who lives in Pinon, made his case last week to Sandra Kennedy, a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission, who visited the Hardrock Chapter House on the Navajo Nation to hear about what's happened in the region since the November 2019 closure of the Navajo Generating Station and the coal mining operations that supplied it.
Similar meetings were held in Tuba City, Kayenta and on the Hopi reservation...