The Navajo Generating Station permanently shut down its three 800-megawatt electric generating units after it burned the last of its coal on Monday, leaving a 45-year legacy of producing power.
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Head north on Highway 89 out of Flagstaff, Arizona, and before long the dignified and sturdy ponderosa pines that blanket the foothills around the city give way to rockier badlands as you descend... Read Original Story
The U.S. House voted today to approve a bill that would prohibit new uranium mines on about 1 million acres around the Grand Canyon, making permanent a ban put in place in 2012. The vote of 236-185... Read Original Story
This year is the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Grand Canyon National Park. Even with former fossil fuel lobbyists in charge of Trump administration environmental policy, this should be a... Read Original Story
In a letter written to federal officials this week, tribal leaders say the proposal is quote “simply unacceptable,” and would “forever adversely impact Hopi sacred places.” The Grand Canyon is among... Read Original Story
Sometime later this month or in early November, if the weather cooperates, the U.S. Forest Service will fly a pair of fire-spitting helicopters over a remote mountain in southern Utah and set the... Read Original Story
Scientists compared climate data and tree-ring records stretching back decades. They found ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and pinyon pine trees are especially vulnerable to dramatic swings in... Read Original Story
Nearly 200 Native children lie buried at the entrance of the Carlisle Barracks in the “Indian Cemetery” — the first thing you see when entering one of the United States’ oldest military installations... Read Original Story
