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Carbon Sovereignty
2023
Overview
For almost fifty years, coal dominated the Navajo economy. But in
2019 one of the Navajo Nation's largest coal plants closed. This
comprehensive new work offers a deep dive into the complex inner
workings of energy shift in the Navajo Nation. Geographer Andrew
Curley, a member of the Navajo Nation, examines the history of coal
development within the Navajo Nation, including why some Diné
supported coal and the consequences of doing so. He explains the
Navajo Nation's strategic choices to use the coal industry to
support its sovereignty as a path forward in the face of ongoing
colonialism. Carbon Sovereignty demonstrates the mechanism
of capitalism through colonialism and the construction of resource
sovereignty, in both the Navajo Nation's embrace and its rejection
of a coal economy. For the people of the Navajo Nation, energy
sovereignty is dire and personal. Thanks to on-the-ground
interviews with Diné coal workers, environmental activists, and
politicians, Curley documents the real consequences of change as
they happened. While some Navajo actors have doubled down for coal,
others have moved toward transition. Curley argues that political
struggles ultimately shape how we should understand coal,
capitalism, and climate change. The rise and fall of coal magnify
the nuance and complexity of change. Historical and contemporary
issues intermingle in everyday life with lasting consequences.
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Subject
/ Coal mines and mining-Arizona
/ Coal mines and mining-Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
/ Energy transition-Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
/ Navajo Indians-Arizona-Government relations
/ Navajo Indians-Arizona-Politics and government
/ Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
ISBN
0816548668, 9780816548668, 081653960X, 9780816539604, 0816548676, 9780816548675
