NAVAJO MINE APPLIED FOR A HUGE EXPANSION, BUT TRIBAL MEMBERS SAY THEY’RE CUT OUT OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS

Window Rock, Ariz.—Dáilan Long has fought coal developments before. So he wasn’t surprised to see a permit application to expand operations at a coal mine on the Navajo Nation near the Burnham Chapter community, where he lives.

Inside Climate News reports that window Rock, Ariz.—Dáilan Long has fought coal developments before.

The report adds: So he wasn’t surprised to see a permit application to expand operations at a coal mine on the Navajo Nation near the Burnham Chapter community, where he lives.

But Long was surprised by the scope: a massive 11,526-acre enlargement of the mine, which is currently 16,744 […]

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