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Rooted in protecting the water of Black Mesa, we're working to bring power back to our Diné (Navajo) communities impacted by coal. Tó bee iiná 💧 linktr.ee/tonizhoniani
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@tonizhoniani.bsky.social
· Apr 30
A Water Map for the Desert
The map relies on a combination of Indigenous knowledge and government data to map water resources and Indigenous communities in a region known as Black Mesa, or Dził Yíjiin in Navajo.
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Discussions about water resources often focus on rivers, streams, & reservoirs. Though unseen, groundwater is also an important source of the water supply. Read more about our Black Mesa Map here maps.com/a-water-map-.... See the link in the comments to learn how to get a copy of your own.
If the commission decides to retract tribes’ ability to veto hydropower projects, it will mark a shift in the relationship between Indigenous nations and the federal government. #NoBMPSP #ProtectNavajoWater #NoPSH grist.org/indigenous/t... via @grist.org
The Navajo Nation said no to a hydropower project. Trump officials want to ensure tribes can't do that again.
The U.S. Energy Secretary said allowing tribes to weigh in on energy projects on their land creates "unnecessary burdens."
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December 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If the commission decides to retract tribes’ ability to veto hydropower projects, it will mark a shift in the relationship between Indigenous nations and the federal government. #NoBMPSP #ProtectNavajoWater #NoPSH grist.org/indigenous/t... via @grist.org
🌱 Tsé Adááłdááz (Fallen Rock) Watershed Restoration 🌱 With the help of local residents, Daisy and Lee Kiyaani, our watershed restoration team successfully completed our first project in the Black Mesa (Kits’iilí) Chapter community. #RezWatershed tonizhoniani.org/fallen-rock-...
Fallen Rock Watershed - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tó Nizhóní Ání has various campaigns rooted in water protection on Black Mesa. Follow us on social media for updates.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🌱 Tsé Adááłdááz (Fallen Rock) Watershed Restoration 🌱 With the help of local residents, Daisy and Lee Kiyaani, our watershed restoration team successfully completed our first project in the Black Mesa (Kits’iilí) Chapter community. #RezWatershed tonizhoniani.org/fallen-rock-...
“To pretend that natural gas in some way or another is a zero carbon resource is just a bald-faced lie,” said Camilla Feibelman, director of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, and an energy watchdog. “It’s profound greenwashing.” sourcenm.com/2025/12/03/u...
Utility asks New Mexico for ‘zero emission’ status for gas-fired power plant • Source New Mexico
Southwestern Public Service Company has asked New Mexico to grant exceptions to the state’s Energy Transition Act
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December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
“To pretend that natural gas in some way or another is a zero carbon resource is just a bald-faced lie,” said Camilla Feibelman, director of the Sierra Club Rio Grande Chapter, and an energy watchdog. “It’s profound greenwashing.” sourcenm.com/2025/12/03/u...
The Arizona Corporation Commission has decided to cut APS' energy efficiency budget from $79M to $40M — gutting programs that help ratepayers cut high bills and that create grid capacity #Arizona needs to grow. A political decision with zero analysis behind it. www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
Arizona utility regulators scale back APS energy efficiency incentives
Arizona regulators scaled back a program operated by the state’s largest utility designed to encourage energy efficiency, arguing they were trimming ineffective initiatives and eliminating unnecessary...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Arizona Corporation Commission has decided to cut APS' energy efficiency budget from $79M to $40M — gutting programs that help ratepayers cut high bills and that create grid capacity #Arizona needs to grow. A political decision with zero analysis behind it. www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
The #NavajoNation is in no short supply of wool; often, communities that don’t use wool for weaving discard the wool. Our #watershed team is experimenting with wool in watershed restoration to find ways to repurpose unwanted wool. 🐏 Read More: tonizhoniani.org/wool-in-wate...
Wool in Watershed Restoration Pilot Project Install - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Wool in Watershed Restoration Pilot Project Install What started as an idea in August 2025, while passing through one of the lesser-wooded communities on the Navajo Nation, morphed into a mini-pilot p...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The #NavajoNation is in no short supply of wool; often, communities that don’t use wool for weaving discard the wool. Our #watershed team is experimenting with wool in watershed restoration to find ways to repurpose unwanted wool. 🐏 Read More: tonizhoniani.org/wool-in-wate...
As we slowly close out the year, check out our recap of #November. 🦃 conta.cc/4pgdPdb
November 2025 Newsletter
Email from Tó Nizhóní Ání The Latest News from Tó Nizhóní Ání November 2025 Níłch'its'ósí "Mild Cold & Light Winds" Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email About Us Tó Nizhóní Ání, which w
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December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
As we slowly close out the year, check out our recap of #November. 🦃 conta.cc/4pgdPdb
This #GivingTuesday, consider supporting our Indigenous-led efforts! 🎁 Donate and receive a TNA promotional item. Proceeds go right back into our work to support youth programming, community projects, and ongoing water protection work on Black Mesa. Learn more: www.facebook.com/share/p/168j...
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This #GivingTuesday, consider supporting our Indigenous-led efforts! 🎁 Donate and receive a TNA promotional item. Proceeds go right back into our work to support youth programming, community projects, and ongoing water protection work on Black Mesa. Learn more: www.facebook.com/share/p/168j...
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No A.I. Data Center on Native Lands Webinar
🗓 Monday, November 24, 2025
⏰ 6:00 - 7:30 PM MST
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👥 Presented by @keinfoshop, @no_desert_data_center @uaz_swehsc @dinecare88 Protect Adahiliní Coalition, Indigenous Resilience Center
🗓 Monday, November 24, 2025
⏰ 6:00 - 7:30 PM MST
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👥 Presented by @keinfoshop, @no_desert_data_center @uaz_swehsc @dinecare88 Protect Adahiliní Coalition, Indigenous Resilience Center
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Today at 6 PM MST!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hydropower Developers' no-show at Kayenta Chapter meeting leaves Navajo Impacted Communities with more questions than answers. #NoPSH #Hydropower #ProtectNavajoWater tonizhoniani.org/hydropower-d...
Hydropower Developers’ no-show at Kayenta Chapter meeting leaves Impacted Communities with more questions than answers - Tó Nizhóní Ání
For Immediate Release November 20, 2025 Contact: Hydropower Developers’ no-show at Kayenta Chapter meeting leaves Impacted Communities with more questions than answers Chapter officials table hydropow...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Hydropower Developers' no-show at Kayenta Chapter meeting leaves Navajo Impacted Communities with more questions than answers. #NoPSH #Hydropower #ProtectNavajoWater tonizhoniani.org/hydropower-d...
The ACC is pushing to roll back energy-efficiency standards, putting consumers at risk. Arizona should strengthen—not strip away—tools that protect ratepayers. #ArizonaEnergy #CleanEnergyAZ #FairEnergyRates #EnergyEfficiency bit.ly/49puKVz
Arizona regulators repeal gas energy efficiency standards
The Arizona Corporation Commission repeals energy efficiency rules for gas utilities, arguing they increased costs for customers.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The ACC is pushing to roll back energy-efficiency standards, putting consumers at risk. Arizona should strengthen—not strip away—tools that protect ratepayers. #ArizonaEnergy #CleanEnergyAZ #FairEnergyRates #EnergyEfficiency bit.ly/49puKVz
Earlier this month Tó Nizhóní Ání team members traveled to the westernmost edge of the Navajo Nation to be in solidarity with the families behind the #SavetheConfluence efforts. Read more: tonizhoniani.org/stc-family-g...
3rd Annual Save the Confluence Family Gathering - Tó Nizhóní Ání
3rd Annual Save the Confluence Family Gathering Earlier this month Tó Nizhóní Ání team members traveled to the westernmost edge of the Navajo Nation to be in solidarity with the families behind the Sa...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Earlier this month Tó Nizhóní Ání team members traveled to the westernmost edge of the Navajo Nation to be in solidarity with the families behind the #SavetheConfluence efforts. Read more: tonizhoniani.org/stc-family-g...
#October was another busy, action-packed month for our organization. 🍂 If you missed it, catch up on all the highlights in our latest newsletter at the link here: conta.cc/3LkZLQB
October 2025 Newsletter
Email from Tó Nizhóní Ání The Latest News from Tó Nizhóní Ání October 2025 Gháájí' "Dividing of Seasons" Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email About Us Tó Nizhóní Ání, which we translate
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November 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#October was another busy, action-packed month for our organization. 🍂 If you missed it, catch up on all the highlights in our latest newsletter at the link here: conta.cc/3LkZLQB
“If you don’t feel the impacts today, you will certainly feel the impacts tomorrow. Here in the southwest, water scarcity and climate change is real.” From a statement read on behalf of Tó Nizhóní Ání. #SolarForAll via @votesolar.bsky.social votesolar.org/vote-solar-a...
Vote Solar and Activate 48 Held a Solar for All Press Conference at the Arizona Capitol - Vote Solar
Event Highlighted Government Negligence and the Cost to Arizonans’ Health, Jobs, and Power Media Contact: Estrella Lozano, [email protected] Paulina Gilles-Pantoja, [email protected] FOR IMM...
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October 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“If you don’t feel the impacts today, you will certainly feel the impacts tomorrow. Here in the southwest, water scarcity and climate change is real.” From a statement read on behalf of Tó Nizhóní Ání. #SolarForAll via @votesolar.bsky.social votesolar.org/vote-solar-a...
During some of the wettest consecutive days of 2025, the Tó Nizhóní Ání #watershed crew set out to monitor the progression of restoration in the Tsiyi’ Tó Pilot Project with students from Weitzman School of Design & Brophy College Prep. #NavajoNation tonizhoniani.org/monitoring-d...
Monitoring Day 2025: Tsiyi' Tó Watershed - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tó Nizhóní Ání watershed crew set out to monitor the Tsiyi’ Tó Pilot Project Pilot Site and are joined by UPenn and Brophy Students.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
During some of the wettest consecutive days of 2025, the Tó Nizhóní Ání #watershed crew set out to monitor the progression of restoration in the Tsiyi’ Tó Pilot Project with students from Weitzman School of Design & Brophy College Prep. #NavajoNation tonizhoniani.org/monitoring-d...
May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar?
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US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM
May this be a reminder to NTEC that coal is a dying industry. Why invest in something that will cost the #NavajoNation millions when we could invest in sustainable and renewable solutions like wind and solar?
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Opinion: Arizona families can’t afford another APS rate hike - APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike. coppercourier.com/opinion/opin...
Opinion: Arizona families can’t afford another APS rate hike
APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Opinion: Arizona families can’t afford another APS rate hike - APS has applied to raise electricity rates by 14% next year. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes says families can't afford another rate hike. coppercourier.com/opinion/opin...
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Hydrogen: fuel of the future or hype of the past?
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
October 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hydrogen: fuel of the future or hype of the past?
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
We dig into the promises & pitfalls of hydrogen as clean energy with Joe Romm @penncssm.bsky.social, @hilarylewis.bsky.social @industriouslabs.bsky.social & Eleanor Smith @tonizhoniani.bsky.social
🎧 Listen now: listen.climateone.org/z7oIxKJV?sid...
“As someone who grew up in the community attending the local youth programs, I was excited to contribute to this tradition of molding young, resilient, and creative Diné minds around the issue of water celebration and protection." -Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání tonizhoniani.org/youth-printm...
Youth Printmaking Workshop - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Youth Printmaking Workshop On Monday, October 6th, 2025, Tó Nizhóní Ání organized a Youth Printmaking Workshop at the Hardrock Chapter House, which began at 8 AM by setting up and receiving community ...
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October 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“As someone who grew up in the community attending the local youth programs, I was excited to contribute to this tradition of molding young, resilient, and creative Diné minds around the issue of water celebration and protection." -Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání tonizhoniani.org/youth-printm...
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📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking new study blows the lid off carbon capture: Most storage zones are too risky or off-limits. Can it still save the climate? Read more buff.ly/DVPZp3Q
‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers
CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution, researchers caution after concluding most storage options are in risky regions
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September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking new study blows the lid off carbon capture: Most storage zones are too risky or off-limits. Can it still save the climate? Read more buff.ly/DVPZp3Q
AZ holds a World Record for “most sunshine” and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, letting its utilities take the wheel & head back toward more gas. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/08/22/s...
Sunniest state in U.S. turns its back on the sun
Arizona holds a Guinness World Record for "most sunshine" and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, ...
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September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
AZ holds a World Record for “most sunshine” and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, letting its utilities take the wheel & head back toward more gas. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/08/22/s...
Happy #WorldRiversDay from Tó Nizhóní Ání and the Diné Native Plant Program! Learn more about the Tó Tsoh (Big Water) Wash Volunteer Day organized by the Navajo Nation's Diné Native Plant Program. #RezWatershed #NavajoNation
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World Rivers Day 2025 - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Happy World Rivers Day! #WorldRiversDay is a celebration of the world’s waterways. It highlights the many values of rivers and strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved steward...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy #WorldRiversDay from Tó Nizhóní Ání and the Diné Native Plant Program! Learn more about the Tó Tsoh (Big Water) Wash Volunteer Day organized by the Navajo Nation's Diné Native Plant Program. #RezWatershed #NavajoNation
www.tonizhoniani.org/world-rivers-day-2025
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As demand for #artificialintelligence technology boosts construction & proposed construction of #datacenters around the world, those computers require not just electricity & land, but also a significant amount of water. Via @us.theconversation.com Read more: theconversation.com/data-centers...
September 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
As demand for #artificialintelligence technology boosts construction & proposed construction of #datacenters around the world, those computers require not just electricity & land, but also a significant amount of water. Via @us.theconversation.com Read more: theconversation.com/data-centers...
"Sadly, neither representatives of President Buu Nygren’s administration nor members of the Navajo Nation Council’s Resource and Development Committee (RDC) were in attendance" tonizhoniani.org/key-navajo-n...
Key Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Key Navajo Nation leadership absent in Kayenta Mine Permit Renewal meeting OPINION | Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání For more than five years, Peabody Western Coal Co. has been conducting reclamation a...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"Sadly, neither representatives of President Buu Nygren’s administration nor members of the Navajo Nation Council’s Resource and Development Committee (RDC) were in attendance" tonizhoniani.org/key-navajo-n...
As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers who spent their summer with us. Read more about our interns here: tonizhoniani.org/interns-2025/
Summer Interns 2025 - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Tó Nizhóní Ání Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:57 PM
As we close out the summer and transition into the fall season, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to take this time to thank our Summer 2025 Interns and Volunteers who spent their summer with us. Read more about our interns here: tonizhoniani.org/interns-2025/
Tó Nizhóní Ání would like to express gratitude to the late #JohnnyWeiss, who passed on 7/10/25. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energy”, a teacher to thousands. At TNA, we knew him as “Chei Johnny”. tonizhoniani.org/remembering-...
Remembering Chei Johnny - Tó Nizhóní Ání
Remembering Chei Johnny Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) would like to express gratitude to the late Johnny Weiss, who passed on July 10, 2025. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energ...
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September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tó Nizhóní Ání would like to express gratitude to the late #JohnnyWeiss, who passed on 7/10/25. Those close to Johnny described him as a ‘trailblazer in solar energy”, a teacher to thousands. At TNA, we knew him as “Chei Johnny”. tonizhoniani.org/remembering-...