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Arvin
Bedonie of Big Mountain, AZ, marches with
Navajo and Hopi members and supporters
Monday to a downtown Denver rally.
(Joe Amon, The Denver Post) |
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Navajo
Nation and Hopi Tribe representatives on Monday
pressed the federal Office of Surface Mining not
to grant a permit to Peabody Energy for its
proposed Black Mesa coal mine in Arizona.
The
group, which included picketers, met with
officials at OSM's Denver office.
Al
Klein, regional mining director, said the Black
Mesa proposal, although not the preferred
alternative, was part of the environmental impact
statement issued in 2006. He also said Peabody's
permit application is in order. |
