Green Energy costs Navajos jobs and cash

6/4/19
 
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from CFACT,
6/3/19:

Markets are efficient. Bureaucrats are not.

That reality becomes all too painful when left-wing ideologues use government to control our energy.

The Navajo Nation is bracing for a shocking blow to its well-being. The largest coal-fired electricity plant in the western United States is scheduled to shut down in December. That will cost the Navajos 900 quality jobs and blow a $58 million plus hole in their budget.

“Are we ready for the shutdown?” asked delegate Nathaniel Brown at a special council meeting, “I don’t think we are. We stand to lose a lot, our children the future generation.”

The Navajo Nation posted a press release last week calling on its people to tighten their belts. Read it at CFACT.org:

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