A global energy company and the Dine Power Authority want to
build the plant on the eastern edge of the Navajo Nation in
northwestern New Mexico.
The Four Corners region is already home to two of the most
polluting power plants in the country. If we don't act now, this
area could soon be besieged by a new wave of environmental
hazards.
In addition to mercury, the proposed Desert Rock plant would
increase emissions of soot and soot-forming pollutants, which
can cause asthma attacks, heart disease and other health
problems.
Furthermore, *the Navajo Nation would receive less than five
percent of the projected electricity output from Desert Rock,
even though many Navajo people still have no electricity in
their homes*. Most of the power would likely be exported to Las
Vegas and Phoenix.
Last month, NRDC Members and online activists turned out at
public hearings in Albuquerque and Santa Fe to oppose the Desert
Rock plant, which would significantly increase global warming
pollution in New Mexico at a time when states should be working
to curb these dangerous emissions.
Please add your voice to this outcry. Go to
http://www.savebioge...
right away and tell the Bush administration to reject the
proposed Desert Rock power plant and instead develop new
initiatives that focus on energy efficiency and clean, renewable
energy solutions.
Thank you for helping to protect the environment of New Mexico
and the Four Corners region.
Sincerely,
Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council
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Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley
Phone (928) 871-6352
Office Address
PO Box 9000
Window Rock, AZ 86515
Diné Power Authority (DPA) Contacts: Stephen Begay, General Manager
e-mail: dpasteve@citlink.net Dirk Straussfeld, Senior Vice President
e-mail: straussfeld@sitheglobal.com Nathan Plagen, Project Development Director
e-mail: plagens@sitheglobal.com
Phone (928) 871-2133
Window Rock, AZ
Sithe Global-Corporate Headquarters (New York)
Contact: mitchell@sitheglobal.com
Phone (212) 351-000
Fax (212) 351-0880
Address
Sithe Global
245 Park Avenue 38th Floor New York, NY 10167
Bureau of Indian Affairs (Gallup Office)
Harrilene Yazzi, NEPA coordinator
Phone(505) 863-8314
Fax(505) 863-8324
P.O. Box 1060 Gallup, NM 87305
Leonard Tsosie Senator (Democrat)
Work (505) 986-4859
Email Leonard.tsosie@nmlegis.gov
Fax (505) 986-4680 (Santa Fe)
Work Address
P.O. Box 1003
Crownpoint, NM 87313
Jeff Bingaman NM Senator
Work (202) 224-5521
Home (505) 766-3636
Fax (202) 224-2852
E-Mail senator_bingaman@bingaman.senate.gov
Work Address:
United States Senate
703 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
Pete V. Domenici NM Senator
Work (202) 224-6621
Fax (202) 228-0900
E-Mail: senator_domenici@domenici.senate.gov
Work Address:
United States Senate
328 Hart SOB
Washington, DC 20510 |
In honor of my mother, 
