By STACI MATLOCK The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is scheduled to release its decision on an air-quality permit for a controversial proposed coal-fired power plant on Navajo land near Shiprock by Thursday.

By Jerry Reynolds, Indian Country Today, Oneida, N.Y. Aug. 1--WASHINGTON -- A twice-told article of faith coming out of a conference on tribal energy development July 17 and 18 was that foreign companies sometimes prove to be easier partners than domestic ones.

By STACI MATLOCK, ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Navajo Nation's proposed Desert Rock Power Plant impacts people within, outside reservation boundaries Plant: Most power bound for Las Vegas, Nev.

By Staci Matlock, The Santa Fe New Mexican Jan. 21--State legislators will consider a tax break request from the Navajo Nation and Sithe Global Power to build a coal-burning power plant southwest of Shiprock.

By John G. Edwards By JOHN G. EDWARDS REVIEW-JOU