Navajo Power seeks to rectify energy injustice deep in Navajo Nation [Video]

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Deep in western Navajo Nation, an organization called Navajo Power is pushing back against a legacy of energy injustice and attempting to rectify it for those who call the tribal lands home.

“The Navajo Nation served as the battery for the West for decades,” Brett Issac, founder and executive chairman of Navajo Power, told ABC News. “Cities like Las Vegas and Los Angeles wouldn’t be in existence without the coal resources that were extracted on the Navajo Nation.”

Issac said the “massive infrastructure investment” required to build major western cities using Navajo resources is still out of reach for many that live on Navajo land.

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