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Tribal Partners: In the News This 2008 Earth Day editorial appeared in the Navajo Hopi Observer. The Tribal Partnerships Program was featured in the Sierra Club Foundation's 2006 Annual Report ! Field Report: Indigo Girls rock for Just Transition Just Transition Coalition members with the Indigo Girls plus Winona LaDuke! Andy Bessler presents Emily Sayers with a small gift on behalf of the Just Transition Coalition for helping with the concert. Check out the great article on the recent Indigo Girls benefit show for Just Transition by clicking here. The Tribal Partnerships Program worked with the Honor the Earth Foundation, Black Mesa Water Coalition and other Just Transition Coalition partners on rocking out with the Indigo Girls!! Over 1000 folks came to the show in Flagstaff and the Just Transition got over 250 postcards signed to SCE asking them to invest in Just Transition instead of re-opening Mohave. The postcards were so effective that even before we mailed them, SCE announced that they were discontinuing their efforts to re-open Mohave and find other buyers for the plant. An OSM official told me on the phone that, "Mohave is dead." The EIS process is shelved for now, so things are looking great for Just Transition!! A Big thanks to everyone who helped make the benefit concert a huge success including the Indigo Girls, Honor the Earth Foundation, Winona LaDuke and everyone who helped set up this great event! >> Check out a video of the show! >> Read more Just Transition in the News: Click here to read the latest article on Just Transition in Sierra Club's national newsletter, The Planet. Final closure of Mohave Generating Station signals end of era for the west's dirtiest power plant and signals new era of clean energy for Navajo and Hopi people. Read the entire press release Just Transition Coalition secures first step towards a sustainable economic future for Navajo and Hopi people In the wake of the shutdown of the Mohave Generating Station, California energy regulators approved a request by the Just Transition Coalition to track and accumulate revenues from the sales of sulfur credits from Mohave's primary owner, Southern California Edison, for possible future distribution to the tribes once determination of Mohave's future operation is made. Read the entire press release Sierra Magazine article on Just Transition came out in the May/June, 2006 issue. The Just Transition Coalition is featured in the summer, 2006 issue of the Earth Island Journal. Arizona's Navajo and Hopi Tribes have won a water-rights battle against the coal company that has sustained their fragile economies. But on the threshold of victory, a sobering question: Now what? To read this L.A. Times article, click here. (One-time registration required.) To read the USA today's article on Just Transition, click here. Here are some local articles on the Sierra Club's Partnership Program's work in the Southwest: Navajo Times article on a water march to the capital of the Navajo Nation, Window Rock Time for a Just Transition to a better future on the Rez By the Just Transition Coalition Black Mesa Trust closes Flag office Just Transition Petition seeks restitution For more information, please contact Andy Bessler Sierra Club's Environmental Partnership Program P.O. Box 38 Flagstaff, AZ 86002 928-774-6103 fax 774-6138 cell 928-380-7808 andy.bessler@sierraclub.org Up to Top HOME | Email Signup | About Us | Contact Us | Terms of Use