Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The fall of the Navajo Generating Station marks the end of the coal era. Emotions here are mixed. One gentleman said he hopes renewables will come next on the Navajo Nation, another woman told me the demolition made her sad. Both she and her son were employed by the plant.
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The fall of the Navajo Generating Station marks the end of the coal era. Emotions here are mixed. One gentleman said he hopes renewables will come next on the Navajo Nation, another woman told me the demolition made her sad. Both she and her son were employed by the plant.
High Country News is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) independent media organization that covers environmental news and other important issues and stories that define the Western U.S. Through insightful, in-depth journalism, it strives to inform and inspire people to act on behalf of the West's diverse natural and human communities.
