Welcome to spring! After the winter we’ve had (goodbye, record-breaking snowstorms) I hope you are all looking forward to beautiful blooms in garden beds and containers that will add so much to your backyards, patios or windowsills. One of the tricks to having a garden that gives you pleasure … [Read more...] about Planting for Beauty All Season
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Gosar Introducing Power Plant Legislation
Tomorrow, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) will be putting forth two amendments to the Stop the War on Coal Act (H.R. 3409) that are aimed at protecting rural Arizona’s four coal-fired power plants: Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Coronado Generating Station (CGS) near St. Johns, the … [Read more...] about Gosar Introducing Power Plant Legislation
Purina Unveiling Solar Array in Flagstaff
Flagstaff's Nestlé Purina PetCare facility unveiled a 427 kilowatt solar array today, atop the Eastside manufacturing facility. Plant Manager Bill Calloway tells Flagstaff Business News the solar photovoltaic electric system is the largest project of its kind to be installed in a private … [Read more...] about Purina Unveiling Solar Array in Flagstaff
NAU Lands $2.5 M Grant for Garden Array
The National Science Foundation has awarded Northern Arizona University’s College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences a four-year, $2.5 million grant to create the Southwest Experimental Garden Array. The garden array will be a system of 10 experimental gardens across northern Arizona … [Read more...] about NAU Lands $2.5 M Grant for Garden Array
Free Entry to Grand Canyon Saturday
Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) with fee free entry into the park. National Public Lands Day began in 1994 and is intended to encourage shared stewardship of our nation's public lands. … [Read more...] about Free Entry to Grand Canyon Saturday
First Navajo Woman Operator at Black Mesa Railroad
Engine 36 blows its horn 77 times along the Black Mesa Lake Powell Railroad. These 78 miles of tracks across the Navajo Nation exist for one purpose: to transport coal from Peabody Energy’s twin coal silos 20 miles southwest of Kayenta to the Navajo Generating Station at LeChee. Thirty years … [Read more...] about First Navajo Woman Operator at Black Mesa Railroad
17 Graduate from NGS Program
Seventeen Navajo men and women graduated last week from the most intense entry training program in the energy industry to become regular employees at the Navajo Generating Station. The seven week long Power Plant Fundamentals School, an updated version of the program NGS originated 40 years ago … [Read more...] about 17 Graduate from NGS Program
Solar Power Projects Illuminating Northern Arizona
Last year, Arizonans received 26 percent more megawatt hours of renewable energy than the previous year, reported APS to the Arizona Corporation Commission in May. That was enough to surpass Arizona’s renewable energy goals – set by the Arizona Corporation Commission – for the third straight … [Read more...] about Solar Power Projects Illuminating Northern Arizona
Future of Navajo Generating Station Uncertain
The future of the Navajo Generating Station near Page, AZ. remains uncertain. The Interior Department has requested the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to put off a decision on pollution controls for the coal fired plant for at least six months. A decision by the EPA was expected this … [Read more...] about Future of Navajo Generating Station Uncertain
Navajo Generating Station Hearing Underway
At the request of Congressmen Gosar and Trent Franks the Natural Resources Subcommittees Water and Power and Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing on “Protecting Long-Term Tribal Energy Jobs and Keeping Arizona Water and Power Costs Affordable: The Current and Future Role of … [Read more...] about Navajo Generating Station Hearing Underway
