Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 12, 2024

Tó Nizhóní Ání Hydrogen Information Summit, Tuba City, Oct. 12, 2024

Photo courtesy Tó Nizhóní Ání



HYDROGEN INFORMATIONAL SUMMIT

Adrian Herder, Tó Nizhóní Ání
Media Organizer
adrian@tonizhoniani.org

Tó Nizhóní Ání will be organizing a hydrogen informational summit for the Western Agency in Tuba City, Arizona for participants to learn more about hydrogen from subject matter experts and community perspectives.


On Saturday, October 12, 2024, Tó Nizhóní Ání will be organizing another hydrogen informational summit but for the western agency in Tuba City, Arizona. During this summit, there will be presentations and discussions from subject matter experts on hydrogen and climate change impacts, pipeline safety and regulation, hydrogen and 45V Tax Credits, as well as a panel discussion with local community leaders. Join us in person or via Facebook Live @tonizhoniani

What: Hydrogen Informational Summit – Western Agency

Who: Beth Trask, Environmental Defense Fund, Bill Caram, Pipeline Safety Trust, Dan Esposito, Energy Innovation, Hydrogen Impacted Chapter Officials, Jessica Keetso, Community Organizer, Tó Nizhóní Ání, and Eleanor Smith, Community Organizer, Tó Nizhóní Ání.

When: Saturday, October 12, 2024, starting at 9 AM MDT (Navajo Time)

Where: Moenkopi Legacy Inn and Suites, Tuba City, Arizona

For additional information, contact Jessica Keetso at Jessica@tonizhoniani.org or Eleanor Smith at Eleanor@tonizhoniani.org


Tó Nizhóní Ání, which we translate as “Sacred Water Speaks,” is a Diné-led nonprofit organization established in 2001 from the Black Mesa region. Tó Nizhóní Ání is rooted in water protection and works to bring power back to our Diné communities impacted by coal while leading community transition away from fossil fuels. Tó bee iiná. Water is life.

Read more:

A 200-mile hydrogen pipeline on the Navajo Nation raises safety, environmental concerns

Arlyssa D. Becenti
Arizona Republic
July 19, 2024

A proposed hydrogen pipeline that would stretch 200 miles across the Navajo Nation is an environmental threat and a safety concern due to lack of regulations, a Navajo grassroots group argues in an educational campaign about the project.

The group, Tó Nizhóní Ání, hosted an informational summit at the Shiprock Chapter to help the community understand the potential impact of the proposed hydrogen pipeline, which Tallgrass Energy, through its subsidiary GreenView, aims to build. It was information community members may not be privy to.

“This will be Tallgrass and Greenview’s first hydrogen pipeline,” said Eleanor Smith, Tó Nizhóní Ání community organizer. “They are basically an oil and gas company. This will be their very first hydrogen pipeline they will build, and it will be the longest of any continuous pipeline pretty much anywhere.”

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