VIDEO: A Sacred Trust
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THANK YOU
To the people who made this video possible:
The people interviewed:
Adella Begay
Howard Dennis, Jt.
Molly Hogue
Brett Issac
Dailan Long
Marylin Tewa
Earl Tulley
Dine' Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Diné CARE)
Anna Frazier
Lori Goodman
Donna House
National Parks Conservation Association
Kevin Dahl
Stephanie Kodish
Mark Wenzler
Diné CARE (editing and recording/production)
Michael Goodman
Seth Goodman
Lone Peak Productions (editing and production)
Paul Furner
Robert Rock
Diné CARE For 23 years Diné CARE has been the foremost defender of local community people on a wide variety of issues affecting their land, health and advocating a course of development that is in harmony with the traditional Navajo philosophy of “Hozhoji”.
“Hozhoji” - to seek and live in harmony with all divine creation within this world and beyond.
Walking in Beauty:
Closing Prayer from the Navajo Blessing Way Ceremony
In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty around me I walk
It has become beauty again
Diné CARE
HC 63 Box 263
Winslow, Arizona 86047
(970) 759-1908
kiyaani@frontier.net
Threatened National Parks and Native Lands
Thank EPA for Taking Measures to Clean Up Desert Skies!
EPA has disapproved an inadequate plan submitted by Arizona, and replaced it with emission limits that will require common, cost-effective, modern controls on eight boilers at these three plants, all built in the 1970s with minimal-to-no controls.
Take Action! Please thank the EPA for its plan that requires significant pollution reductions from these park-polluting plants.
This video arises from efforts of both National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and Diné CARE to reduce air pollution from coal-fired power plants in the Southwest to improve poor regional air quality. Coal plant pollution degrades public health and the treasured landscapes of the Four Corners area. This film strives to elevate the profile of native voices advocating for better air quality- voices that are underrepresented in deliberations to require modern pollution controls at the two plants on the Navajo Nation (Navajo and Four Corners plants) and adjacent to these native lands (Cholla, Coronado, and San Juan).
The power plants listed below are subject to pollution control requirements under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must decide whether and how it will mitigate air pollution. We hope you will join us in advocating for EPA decisions that will require modern technology to significantly reduce emissions. Click here for more information about NPCA’s work to protect air quality in our National Parks.
Current Status of Proposed Pollution Controls
| Navajo Generating Station Page, Arizona |
EPA has yet to propose any BART (Best Available Retrofit Technology) or pollution controls for this plant. |
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Four Corners Power Plant
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EPA required modern pollution controls for this plant which will result in 80%+ reductions in nitrogen oxide pollution. |
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Cholla Generating Station |
EPA required 79%+ reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions, which can be accomplished through modern pollution controls. |
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Coronado Generating Station |
EPA required 79%+ reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions, which can be accomplished through modern pollution controls. |
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San Juan Generating Station |
EPA required modern pollution controls which will result in ~85% reductions in nitrogen oxide pollution. |
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Apache Generating Station |
EPA required 83%+ reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions, which can be accomplished through modern pollution controls. |
