Editing Navajo Nation (section)

====Coal====
The volume of coal mined on the Navajo Nation land has declined in the early 21st century.

[[Peabody Energy]]'s [[Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy|Black Mesa coal mine, a controversial strip mine]], was shut down in December 2005 because of its adverse environmental impacts. It lost an appeal in January 2010 to reopen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/Current_Initiatives/Black_Mesa_EIS/BMEIS/AdministrativeLawJudgeDecision.pdf |title=Administrative Law Judge Decision |access-date=2011-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120314163134/http://www.wrcc.osmre.gov/Current_Initiatives/Black_Mesa_EIS/BMEIS/AdministrativeLawJudgeDecision.pdf |archive-date=March 14, 2012 }}</ref>

The Black Mesa mine fed the 1.5 GW [[Mohave Power Station]] at [[Laughlin, Nevada]], via a [[slurry pipeline]] that used water from the Black Mesa aquifer. The nearby [[Kayenta Mine]] used the [[Black Mesa & Lake Powell Railroad]] to move coal to the former [[Navajo Generating Station]] (2.2 GW) at [[Page, Arizona]]. The Kayenta mine provided the majority of leased revenues for the tribe. The Kayenta mine also provided wages to those Navajo who were among its 400 employees.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.peabodyenergy.com/content/276/media-center/fact-sheets/kayenta-mine |title= Kayenta Mine|access-date= 2017-04-02|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014923/http://www.peabodyenergy.com/content/276/media-center/fact-sheets/kayenta-mine |archive-date= 2017-04-03|url-status= dead}}</ref>

The Chevron Corporation's P&M [[McKinley Mine]] was the first large-scale, surface coal mine in New Mexico when it opened in 1961. It closed in January 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.env.nm.gov/swqb/NPDES/Inspections/NN0029386-20160217.pdf |title= Facility Description of NM Environment Department 2016 Compliance Inspection Report |access-date= 2017-04-02 |archive-date= February 20, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170220114506/https://www.env.nm.gov/swqb/NPDES/Inspections/NN0029386-20160217.pdf |url-status= live }}</ref>

The Navajo Mine opened in 1963 near [[Fruitland, New Mexico]], and employs about 350 people. It supplies [[sub-bituminous coal]] to the 2 GW [[Four Corners Generating Station|Four Corners Power Plant]] via the isolated 13-mile [[Navajo Mine Railroad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.navajo-tec.com/history.html |title=history|website=Navajo-tec.com |access-date=13 October 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170724155139/http://www.navajo-tec.com/history.html |archive-date=2017-07-24|url-status=dead}}</ref> Parts of the Navajo Nation, through the Navajo Transitional Energy Company, acquired the mine and three mines in Montana and Wyoming.<ref>{{cite web |first1=Karl |last1=Cates |first2=Seth |last2=Feaster |title=IEEFA U.S.: Navajo-owned energy company is in trouble |url=https://ieefa.org/ieefa-u-s-navajo-owned-energy-company-is-in-trouble/ |website=Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200202000516/https://ieefa.org/ieefa-u-s-navajo-owned-energy-company-is-in-trouble/ |archive-date=2 February 2020 |date=31 January 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Noel Lyn |title=Navajo Transitional Energy Company takes on coal mining operations at Navajo Mine |url=https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2021/10/02/ntec-takes-coal-mining-operations-navajo-mine/5955009001/ |website=The Daily Times |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211002185856/https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/navajo-nation/2021/10/02/ntec-takes-coal-mining-operations-navajo-mine/5955009001/ |archive-date=2 October 2021 |date=2 October 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>