Just imagine how much smog and pollution would be generated by adding 1.5 million cars on the road. Imagine how bad that would be for the environment? What if I would tell you that the Navajo nation (well, some people of the Navajo nation) would like to build a coal-burning power plant that would produce smog with the equivalent of 1.5 million cars? Would you believe that a people revered for their kindness of spirit towards the earth and all of its creatures would want to do this to the very same earth and all of its creatures?
The plant would produce an estimated 12 million tons of carbon dioxide by generating 1,500 megawatts of electricity for Phoenix and Las Vegas. Does Las Vegas really need to power more lights? I guess when $50 million is expected a year, some people decide to burn up their ideals (pun intended).
The Navajo president Joe Shirley Jr. asks “Why pick on the little Navajo nation, when it’s trying to help itself?” The real question is if the Navajo nation is little, how do they finance a $3 billion project?
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