Energy and Environment, Class 6

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Energy and Environment, Class 6

• Introduction to Fossil Fuels

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Black Mesa Coal

• Some Statistics
• 21 Gton of coal in deposit
• Royalties to tribes include about 16M/yr to the
  Navajo and 3M/yr to the Hopi. This is 15 and
  20, respectively, of tribal revenues.
• 273 mile long pipeline takes coal to Mohave
  Generating Station in Laughlin, NV
• 12 Mton of coal per year, uses 4000 acre-ft/yr of
  water
• Plant Generates 1500 MW

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Black Mesa Coal

• Statisitics, cont.
• Navajo Generating Station in Page gets coal on a
  rail line
• Second largest coal plant in U.S. 2250 MW
• Provides power for Central Arizona Project
• Uses about 28,000 acre-ft/yr of water

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Black Mesa Timeline

• Pre-1300, breakup of Anasazi (change in climate?)
• 1300, entire human population in Arizona lives on
  Black Mesa (these become the Hopis)
• 1800, first documented Navajo in Black Mesa area,
  came from New Mexico

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Black Mesa Timeline, cont.

• 1909, coal discovered
• 1920, permanent Navajo settlements on Black Mesa
• 1930s, controversial stock reduction programs
• 1951, John Boyden appointed Hopi Land Claims
  Officer by BIA, organizes Hopi government

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Black Mesa Timeline, cont.

• 1962, Black Mesa area declared Joint Use Area by
  courts
• 1967, coal leases signed by tribes
• 1968, mining starts
• 1974, Federal Relocation Act partitions Joint Use
  Area into Hopi and Navajo
• 12,000 Navajo and 60 Hopi are on wrong side of
  line

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Black Mesa Timeline, cont.

• 1980, Church Rock N.M. selected for relocation
  (New Lands)
• 1996, Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act gives holdouts
  chance to sign leases or get out by 2000
• 1999, Visibility lawsuit settled
• 2000, Navajo G.S. installs scrubbers (400M)
• 2002, Senator Kyl tries to get new water pipeline
  from the Grand Canyon
• Future, Mojave shuts down?

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