New America Media: Environment

Navajo Group Proposes Solar Project on Black Mesa

Navajo Times, News Report, Noel L. Smith, Posted: Jan 04, 2013

A Navajo group would like to tap into the potential to generate solar power on reclaimed mining lands near Black Mesa in Arizona.

Climate Science Makes an 11th-Hour Comeback in 2012

InsideClimate News, News Report, Katherine Bagley, Posted: Dec 31, 2012

Climate change was a politically taboo subject during nearly all of 2012. What a difference a superstorm makes.

Fate of Coal Plant Sparks Controversy in Navajo Nation

New America Media / Gila River Indian News, News Report, Joshua Jovanelly, Posted: Dec 14, 2012

The Navajo Generating System is at the heart of a controversy made more complex by looming EPA emissions standards.

An Energy Revolution on the Navajo Reservation

Latino Perspectives/New America Media, News Report, Ruben Hernandez, Posted: Dec 10, 2012

Climate activists and residents of the Navajo Reservation are organizing with Arizona's Latino population to fight for a sustainable future.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Spreading Like Wildfire

Inside Climate News, News Report, Katherine Bagley, Posted: Dec 09, 2012

A divestment campaign aimed at fossil fuel companies has swept college campuses across the country since it began just four weeks ago.

Chinese Solar-Panel Makers Look to Counter US tariffs

China Daily, News Report, Qidong Zhang, Posted: Dec 07, 2012

Bracing for planned tariffs on their products, Chinese makers of solar-power have cut back production at home and in the United States.

Support for Lower Ninth Ward Swamp Grows

The Louisiana Weekly, News Report, Susan Buchanan, Posted: Dec 05, 2012

Residents of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward are hoping to restore a local bayou they say can act as a defense against hurricanes and the state’s shrinking coastline.

Japan Gifts NOAA $5 Million to Address Tsunami Marine Debris

Rafu Shimpo, News Report, Posted: Dec 05, 2012

Since the disaster, NOAA has been leading efforts with federal, state and local partners to coordinate a response, collect data, assess the debris, and reduce possible impacts to natural resources and coastal communities.

Colombia's Cities Risk Deluge From Changes in Andes Climate

Daily Climate, News Report, Autumn Spanne, Posted: Dec 04, 2012

As climate change converges with human encroachment in Colombia's mountains, the degradation of high Andean ecosystems is accelerating.

Hopi Continues to Fight Snowbowl

Navajo Times, News Report, Posted: Nov 26, 2012

Citing its possible effects on a threatened plant, the Hopi Tribe is seeking an injunction to stop snowmaking with treated sewage effluent at the Arizona Snowbowl.