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Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment et al v. United States Bureau of Indian Affairs et al

  1. September 11, 2017

    Ariz. Power Plant, Navajo Mine Immune To Suit, Judge Says

    An Arizona federal judge on Monday tossed a lawsuit in which a handful of groups claim the federal government flouted environmental laws by approving continued, expanded operations of the coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant and a mine on Navajo land that helps feed it, finding the mine owner has sovereign immunity.

  2. December 01, 2016

    Navajo Energy Co. Urges Nixing Of Mine, Plant Suit

    A Navajo Nation-owned company that operates a coal mine on the tribe's land continued to urge an Arizona federal court on Wednesday to nix a lawsuit in which a handful of groups claim the federal government flouted environmental laws by approving continued, expanded operations of the mine and an adjacent power plant.

  3. November 17, 2016

    Feds Fight Navajo Co. Bid To Nix Suit Over Mine, Plant OK

    The U.S. on Wednesday blasted a Navajo Nation-owned company's attempt to nix an Arizona federal court lawsuit in which a handful of groups claim the federal government flouted environmental laws by approving the continued, expanded operations of a power plant and an adjacent coal mine the tribal company operates.

  4. November 03, 2016

    Navajo Co. Seeks Nix Of Suit Over Mine, Plant Approval

    A Navajo Nation-owned company that operates a coal mine on the tribe’s land pressed an Arizona federal court on Wednesday to toss a lawsuit in which a handful of groups claim the federal government flouted environmental laws by approving continued, expanded operations of the mine and an adjacent power plant.

  5. October 17, 2016

    Enviros Won't Oppose Navajo Co.'s Intervention In Mine Suit

    Environmental groups claiming the federal government inappropriately approved the continued, expanded operations of a power plant and a coal mine on Navajo Nation land told an Arizona federal judge Monday that they don't oppose the intervention of the tribe-owned mine.

  6. October 04, 2016

    Enviros Blast Navajo Co.'s Bid To Join And Nix Mine Suit

    A handful of groups claiming the federal government flouted environmental law by approving the continued, expanded operations of a power plant and a coal mine on Navajo Nation land blasted on Monday an attempt by the mine's tribally owned operator to join and nix the Arizona federal court dispute.

  7. July 18, 2016

    Coal Plant Operator Says It Belongs In Enviros' Mine Suit

    The operator of the coal-fired Four Corners Power Plant asked an Arizona federal court Friday to let it intervene in a suit filed by environmental groups accusing the U.S. Department of the Interior of threatening the region's ecosystem by allowing a Navajo Nation-owned coal mine to expand and feed the plant for another 25 years.

  8. April 21, 2016

    Enviro Groups Sue Feds Over Navajo Coal Approvals

    The U.S. Department of the Interior broke the law by allowing a Navajo Nation-owned coal mine to expand and feed the Four Corners Power Plant for another 25 years despite the threat it poses to the ecosystem of the Southwest, according to a lawsuit filed by five environmental groups Wednesday in Arizona federal court.

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