As Coal Plant Shutdown Looms, Arizona's Navajos And Hopis Look For Economic Solutions

This is very unfortunate for the Navajo and Hopi. As the article states: "The poverty rate in the Navajo Nation is 42 percent, more than double that of Mississippi, the worst among the 50 states. Navajo unemployment is 22 percent, more than four times the rate of Arizona as a whole, and roughly three times that of Alaska, the state with the highest unemployment. Almost half of Navajo households and more than one-third of Hopi households have an income below $25,000, and barely 1 in 5 Navajo adults holds a full-time job."
The coal company bases the decision on the gradual switch to other energy sources, yet the present administration is pushing a return to coal.