Opinion

The landowners from the Chaco Canyon area have suffered enough abuse and damage from the oil and gas companies causing major destruction of existing roads, disrespecting the landowners’ concerns about the annoying noise caused by the machineries for drilling and the mess they leave behind.

Forty years after the “worst accident” in the United States involving radioactive material occurred in Church Rock, New Mexico, on July 16, 1979, when approximately 94 million gallons of radioactive waste that was held in unlined evaporation ponds at the United Nuclear Corporation’s mill site was released into the Rio Puerco River and flowed through nearby communities and on through the state of Arizona westward, UNC wants to begin a cleanup effort …

This letter is in reference to the Navajo Nation government reform listening session held at Fort Defiance Chapter on Feb. 28, 2019, sponsored by the Commission on Navajo Government Development.

Our veterans have made unquestioned, unconditional sacrifice and have honorably served our nation.