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Elwood Hinkey, a citizen of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, moves hay bales to feed his cattle on the Fort McDermitt Reservation in Nevada on March 11, 2022. Hinkey strongly opposes the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine,  and has made protest signs for his granddaughter, Daranda Hinkey, who formed a group called the Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu (People of Red Mountain). (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy for Underscore)
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Green energy's hidden costs spark opposition

By Chris AadlandApr 7, 2022
The construction project to build the Kayenta solar farms on the Navajo Nation, shown here in 2018, employed hundreds of people, nearly 90 percent of whom were Navajo citizens. Renewable energy is drawing increasing attention from tribes and others as a way to build jobs for the future. (Photo courtesy of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority/Navajo Nation)
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Renewable Energy: Jobs of the future

By InvestigateWestApr 6, 2022