Dooda Desert Rock
Desert Rock is a proposed 1,500 megawatt mine-mouth plant slated for the Four Corners Region of the Navajo reservation, an area plagued by two existing coal-fired power plants and tens of thousands of oil and gas wells. While most Navajos haul water for their own use, the plant would deplete 1.2 million gallons of water a year—and contaminate that water. Desert Rock would also emit 12.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year, the primary greenhouse gas causing global warming. Read more...
Stop the Tar Sands!
Rising oil prices have spurred companies to turn to unconventional sources of crude oil previously viewed as too costly or destructive to consider. A case in point: the tar sands in Alberta, Canada. Located beneath the boreal forests that Cree, Dené and Metis First Nations call home, tar sands (also called ‘oil sands’) development has been dubbed the most destructive energy project in the world. Read more...
Stop the Big Stone II Plant!
Since 2007, Honor the Earth has been working with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of Sisseton, SD to pressure Otter Tail Power to withdraw their commitment to a proposed 580 megawatt coal-fired power plant called Big Stone II. We are excited to announce that on September 11th, Otter Tail made the right choice for the Earth and all our relations and cancelled their investment in the project! Read more...
