Power Plants Impacting Native Americans
Associated Press reports that many Native American communities are being negatively impacted by power plants. In a July 4th article, they reported serious health problems in Native American communities from coal plants. A “coal-powered plant blamed for polluting the southern Nevada reservation’s air and water is visible from nearly every home. “Everybody is sick,” said Vicki Simmons, whose brother worked at the Reid Gardner Generating Station for 10 years before dying at age 31 with heart problems. Across the country, a disproportionate number of power plants operate near or on