Tribes seek further EPA protection from pollution

Plumes of nitrogen oxide spiral into the air from northern Arizona’s Navajo Generating Station and waft into the views and nostrils of thousands of visitors who have escaped into half a dozen parks in the area — including the Grand Canyon. / adventure journal
Plumes of nitrogen oxide spiral into the air from northern Arizona’s Navajo Generating Station and waft into the views and nostrils of thousands of visitors who have escaped into half a dozen parks in the area — including the Grand Canyon. / adventure journal

By Brenna Goth | The Republic | azcentral.com

Members of the Navajo Nation and other regional tribes called Wednesday for more aggressive curbing of pollution from power plants on their land, though some leaders say the supplement to the Clean Power Plan is a good start.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing in Phoenix for a proposal that would affect Native American reservations and U.S. territories. The supplement adds to the June 2014 Clean Power Plan proposal, which sets specific goals for each state to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 2030.

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