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Rooted in protecting the water of Black Mesa, we're working to bring power back to our Diné (Navajo) communities impacted by coal. Tó bee iiná 💧 linktr.ee/tonizhoniani
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A Water Map for the Desert
The map relies on a combination of Indigenous knowledge and government data to map water resources and Indigenous communities in a region known as Black Mesa, or Dził Yíjiin in Navajo.
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Discussions about water resources often focus on rivers, streams, & reservoirs. Though unseen, groundwater is also an important source of the water supply. Read more about our Black Mesa Map here maps.com/a-water-map-.... See the link in the comments to learn how to get a copy of your own.
#October was another busy, action-packed month for our organization. 🍂 If you missed it, catch up on all the highlights in our latest newsletter at the link here: conta.cc/3LkZLQB
October 2025 Newsletter
Email from Tó Nizhóní Ání The Latest News from Tó Nizhóní Ání October 2025 Gháájí' "Dividing of Seasons" Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email About Us Tó Nizhóní Ání, which we translate
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November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#October was another busy, action-packed month for our organization. 🍂 If you missed it, catch up on all the highlights in our latest newsletter at the link here: conta.cc/3LkZLQB
“If you don’t feel the impacts today, you will certainly feel the impacts tomorrow. Here in the southwest, water scarcity and climate change is real.” From a statement read on behalf of Tó Nizhóní Ání. #SolarForAll via @votesolar.bsky.social votesolar.org/vote-solar-a...
Vote Solar and Activate 48 Held a Solar for All Press Conference at the Arizona Capitol - Vote Solar
Event Highlighted Government Negligence and the Cost to Arizonans’ Health, Jobs, and Power Media Contact: Estrella Lozano, elozano@votesolar.org Paulina Gilles-Pantoja, paulina@activate48.org FOR IMM...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“If you don’t feel the impacts today, you will certainly feel the impacts tomorrow. Here in the southwest, water scarcity and climate change is real.” From a statement read on behalf of Tó Nizhóní Ání. #SolarForAll via @votesolar.bsky.social votesolar.org/vote-solar-a...
During some of the wettest consecutive days of 2025, the Tó Nizhóní Ání #watershed crew set out to monitor the progression of restoration in the Tsiyi’ Tó Pilot Project with students from Weitzman School of Design & Brophy College Prep. #NavajoNation tonizhoniani.org/monitoring-d...
Monitoring Day 2025: Tsiyi' Tó Watershed - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tó Nizhóní Ání watershed crew set out to monitor the Tsiyi’ Tó Pilot Project Pilot Site and are joined by UPenn and Brophy Students.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
During some of the wettest consecutive days of 2025, the Tó Nizhóní Ání #watershed crew set out to monitor the progression of restoration in the Tsiyi’ Tó Pilot Project with students from Weitzman School of Design & Brophy College Prep. #NavajoNation tonizhoniani.org/monitoring-d...
May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar?
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US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar?
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Opinion: Arizona families can’t afford another APS rate hike - APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike. coppercourier.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: Arizona families can’t afford another APS rate hike
APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Opinion: Arizona families can’t afford another APS rate hike - APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike. coppercourier.com/opinion/opin...
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Hydrogen: fuel of the future or hype of the past?
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hydrogen: fuel of the future or hype of the past?
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
“As someone who grew up in the community attending the local youth programs, I was excited to contribute to this tradition of molding young, resilient, and creative Diné minds around the issue of water celebration and protection." -Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání tonizhoniani.org/youth-printm...
Youth Printmaking Workshop - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Youth Printmaking Workshop On Monday, October 6th, 2025, Tó Nizhóní Ání organized a Youth Printmaking Workshop at the Hardrock Chapter House, which began at 8 AM by setting up and receiving community ...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“As someone who grew up in the community attending the local youth programs, I was excited to contribute to this tradition of molding young, resilient, and creative Diné minds around the issue of water celebration and protection." -Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání tonizhoniani.org/youth-printm...
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📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking new study blows the lid off carbon capture: Most storage zones are too risky or off-limits. Can it still save the climate? Read more buff.ly/DVPZp3Q
‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers
CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution, researchers caution after concluding most storage options are in risky regions
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking new study blows the lid off carbon capture: Most storage zones are too risky or off-limits. Can it still save the climate? Read more buff.ly/DVPZp3Q
AZ holds a World Record for “most sunshine” and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, letting its utilities take the wheel & head back toward more gas. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/08/22/s...
Sunniest state in U.S. turns its back on the sun
Arizona holds a Guinness World Record for "most sunshine" and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, ...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
AZ holds a World Record for “most sunshine” and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, letting its utilities take the wheel & head back toward more gas. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/08/22/s...
Happy #WorldRiversDay from Tó Nizhóní Ání and the Diné Native Plant Program! Learn more about the Tó Tsoh (Big Water) Wash Volunteer Day organized by the Navajo Nation's Diné Native Plant Program. #RezWatershed #NavajoNation
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World Rivers Day 2025 - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Happy World Rivers Day! #WorldRiversDay is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved steward...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy #WorldRiversDay from Tó Nizhóní Ání and the Diné Native Plant Program! Learn more about the Tó Tsoh (Big Water) Wash Volunteer Day organized by the Navajo Nation's Diné Native Plant Program. #RezWatershed #NavajoNation
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As demand for #artificialintelligence technology boosts construction & proposed construction of #datacenters around the world, those computers require not just electricity & land, but also a significant amount of water. Via @us.theconversation.com Read more: theconversation.com/data-centers...
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As demand for #artificialintelligence technology boosts construction & proposed construction of #datacenters around the world, those computers require not just electricity & land, but also a significant amount of water. Via @us.theconversation.com Read more: theconversation.com/data-centers...
"Sadly, neither representatives of President Buu Nygren’s administration nor members of the Navajo Nation Council’s Resource and Development Committee (RDC) were in attendance" tonizhoniani.org/key-navajo-n...
Key Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Key Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting OPINION | Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání For more than five years, Peabody Western Coal Co. has been conducting reclamation a...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Sadly, neither representatives of President Buu Nygren’s administration nor members of the Navajo Nation Council’s Resource and Development Committee (RDC) were in attendance" tonizhoniani.org/key-navajo-n...
As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers who spent their summer with us. Read more about our interns here: tonizhoniani.org/interns-2025/
Summer Interns 2025 - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tó Nizhóní Ání Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers who spent their summer with us. Read more about our interns here: tonizhoniani.org/interns-2025/
Tó Nizhóní Ání would like to express gratitude to the late #JohnnyWeiss, who passed on 7/10/25. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energy”, a teacher to thousands. At TNA, we knew him as “Chei Johnny”. tonizhoniani.org/remembering-...
Remembering Chei Johnny - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Remembering Chei Johnny Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to express gratitude to the late Johnny Weiss, who passed on July 10, 2025. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energ...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tó Nizhóní Ání would like to express gratitude to the late #JohnnyWeiss, who passed on 7/10/25. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energy”, a teacher to thousands. At TNA, we knew him as “Chei Johnny”. tonizhoniani.org/remembering-...
💡 Energy efficiency saves money: every $1 invested = nearly $4 in benefits. Repealing EE standards risks higher bills & more power plants. #AZEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #ArizonaCorporationCommission Read more: bit.ly/4nsV0Ci
House Republicans renew energy efficiency fight
An Energy and Commerce panel will debate whether efficiency regulations save consumers money.
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September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
💡 Energy efficiency saves money: every $1 invested = nearly $4 in benefits. Repealing EE standards risks higher bills & more power plants. #AZEnergy #EnergyEfficiency #ArizonaCorporationCommission Read more: bit.ly/4nsV0Ci
Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission #LNG #Arizona #NavajoNation #ProtectDinétah Read more about our public comment here: tonizhoniani.org/tna-raises-c...
Tó Nizhóní Ání raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tó Nizhóní Ání raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission August 25, 2025 Contact Shiprock, NM – On Monday, August 25, 2025, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) submitted comments to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) Docket No. G-00000 A-25-0029 to raise concerns and issues about the impacts of…
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September 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) raises concerns about gas expansion in the Four Corners Region at the Arizona Corporation Commission #LNG #Arizona #NavajoNation #ProtectDinétah Read more about our public comment here: tonizhoniani.org/tna-raises-c...
Explore how the rush to build large data centers is driving a new climate crisis and what we can do about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVF1...
Data Centers: Power Plays - But Who Pays?
YouTube video by SierraClub
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August 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Explore how the rush to build large data centers is driving a new climate crisis and what we can do about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVF1...
Across #Arizona, families are facing impossible choices: paying for groceries or paying the light bill, covering prescriptions or keeping the AC running in 110-degree heat. www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...
Groceries or AC? For far too many APS customers, this is their choice | Opinion
A 14% rate increase is simply too much for many struggling Arizona Public Service customers to bear. The corporation commission must reject it.
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August 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Across #Arizona, families are facing impossible choices: paying for groceries or paying the light bill, covering prescriptions or keeping the AC running in 110-degree heat. www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...
Renewable energy standards have led to thousands of jobs and millions in investment in #Arizona, driving down #utility bills, and reducing #pollution. Let the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) know we should expand our renewable energy standards. Don’t go back in time!
August 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Renewable energy standards have led to thousands of jobs and millions in investment in #Arizona, driving down #utility bills, and reducing #pollution. Let the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) know we should expand our renewable energy standards. Don’t go back in time!
Yesterday, our executive director, Nicole Horseherder, was featured on #NativeAmericaCalling. Monday, August 11, 2025 – Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water. #TóBeeIiná Listen to the full episode here: www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-augus...
Monday, August 11, 2025 – Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water » Native America Calling
Hopes to fix the Santee Sioux Nation’s lack of clean drinking water faded as federal funding for a pipeline project is increasingly tangled in government turmoil. Tribal citizens are forced to drink bottled water to avoid the high levels of manganese in well water. On the Navajo Nation, dozens of people's water wells are contaminated with chemicals, like benzene, associated with the oil and gas drilling industry. There are many mysterious, uncapped wells that could be contributing to the problem. They are just two of the problems tribal citizens are having when it comes to accessing the most basic resource.
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August 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Yesterday, our executive director, Nicole Horseherder, was featured on #NativeAmericaCalling. Monday, August 11, 2025 – Bureaucracy, funding uncertainty delay solutions for clean drinking water. #TóBeeIiná Listen to the full episode here: www.nativeamericacalling.com/monday-augus...
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BREAKING: Tucson City Council unanimously rejects Project Blue
Tucson City Council rejects Project Blue amid intense community pressure - AZ Luminaria
The Tucson city council voted unanimously Wednesday against bringing the massive and water-devouring Project Blue data center into city limits. That vote directing the city manager and staff to end n...
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August 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
BREAKING: Tucson City Council unanimously rejects Project Blue
The Tsé Adááłdááz (Fallen Rocks) Watershed Restoration Campaign, with our organization, has become a testament to our ability to listen to the land, read its complexities, and respond to its needs. Read more about our July Watershed Work by visiting: tonizhoniani.org/july-watershed-work
July Watershed Work - Tó Nizhóní Ání
TNA July Watershed Work 2025 The 2025 Watershed Restoration season with Tó Nizhóní Ání has been continuing its work! Great things and grand results do not happen over time. They are built over many h...
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August 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The Tsé Adááłdááz (Fallen Rocks) Watershed Restoration Campaign, with our organization, has become a testament to our ability to listen to the land, read its complexities, and respond to its needs. Read more about our July Watershed Work by visiting: tonizhoniani.org/july-watershed-work
“If we don’t get a handle on this, we’re going to be living in a toxic dump site. I truly think that it’s intentional. It’s intentional towards Indigenous people.” – Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director, Tó Nizhóní Ání
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On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow
Old oil wells on the reservation spew chemical-laden water. The feds have done little to honor treaty obligations to clean them up.
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July 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
“If we don’t get a handle on this, we’re going to be living in a toxic dump site. I truly think that it’s intentional. It’s intentional towards Indigenous people.” – Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director, Tó Nizhóní Ání
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“On behalf of the 14 chapters, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) is asking TEP to incorporate into the resolutions (collected from communities) direct community benefits that are equitable and reasonable..." See the link to read more: www.tonizhoniani.org/tep-row-renewal-blog tonizhoniani.org/tep-row-rene...
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Right-of-Way (ROW) Renewal Blog - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) Right-of-Way (ROW) Renewal Blog Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has not provided ANY direct community benefits to the 14 impacted Navajo chapters along their 102-mile KV transmission line Right-of-Way (ROW) and has only paid the Navajo Nation (NN) the equivalent of $1.32 per acre per year for this ROW over the last…
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July 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“On behalf of the 14 chapters, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) is asking TEP to incorporate into the resolutions (collected from communities) direct community benefits that are equitable and reasonable..." See the link to read more: www.tonizhoniani.org/tep-row-renewal-blog tonizhoniani.org/tep-row-rene...
Blackstone’s ambition to acquire PNM comes with no consultation, no transparency and no regard for those who have stewarded these lands for millennia. via @thenewmexican.bsky.social
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Indigenous rights and the climate threat of Blackstone
In New Mexico, where water is sacred and the land holds the stories of generations, a profound line has been drawn: Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm, wants to
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July 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Blackstone’s ambition to acquire PNM comes with no consultation, no transparency and no regard for those who have stewarded these lands for millennia. via @thenewmexican.bsky.social
www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/my_v...
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