Navajo Nation Motion to Intervene in Black Mesa Hydropower Project

The Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene, opposing the preliminary permit application submitted by Nature and People First, a company organized by a French entrepreneur, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the proposed Black Mesa hydroelectric project on Navajo Nation land. Read the motion ›

Navajo Nation motion to intervene

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