After relying for generations on coal for jobs and cash, the Navajo tribe was looking for a change. So in 2018, Navajo leaders asked NTEC to continue the strategy and negotiate to acquire the Kayenta mine and Navajo Generating Station. Tribal leaders were shocked. The inexorable death of the Navajo coal industry began nearly two decades ago when California decided that power generated by burning coal was too dirty to use. All well and good, but it’s hardly transitioning away from coal or improving relations with tribal leaders.

Source: Forbes June 10, 2020 10:30 UTC