2008-08-01
EPA Approves Permit for Navajo's Coal-Fired Power Plant. AP, August 1, 2008. "[As expected,] on Thursday, the EPA signed off on [a] permit for the [coal-fired] Desert Rock Energy Project, which the agency says will set a new standard for [U.S.] coal-fired plants... Navajos hailed the... decision as necessary to improve conditions on their vast reservation, while environmentalists proclaimed it 'a sad day'... The Navajo Nation's Dine Power Authority and Houston-based Sithe Global Power are partnering to build the 1,500-megawatt plant near Farmington in northwestern New Mexico. The air permit was considered a major hurdle... An environmental impact statement also needs approval... [New Mexico] Gov. Bill Richardson and New Mexico Environment Secretary Ron Curry planned an immediate appeal."
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