Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas Methane Waste and Pollution on the Navajo Nation
This educational animation video documents how methane waste and pollution from oil and gas operations harms Diné communities — and what can be done about it. Narrated in Diné Bizaad by Lydia Fasthorse, it features accessible visuals and plain language to show how methane accelerates climate change, threatens public health, and costs the Navajo Nation millions in lost revenue. The video provides a resource for community members, Chapter leaders, and Council Delegates as tribal, state, and federal governments debate regulations.
Learn more at: https://cutmethane-navajo.org/
Oil & Gas Community Interviews
Oil & Gas Community Interviews
Interview with Don Schreiber | Devil’s Spring Ranch: Methane Hotspot
Field Tour at Devil's Springs Ranch with Diné C.A.R.E
Interview with Mike Eisenfeld | Horseshoe Gallup Field/Orphaned and Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
Greater Chaco
The San Juan Basin which stretches over much of this part of New Mexico and into southwestern Colorado, including areas of the Navajo Nation and its fringes accounts for about 7 percent of the gas supply of the United States, helping to make New Mexico the second-largest gas-producing state after Texas. Despite such abundance, most Navajos, whether living on the reservation or on land allotted by the federal government, still use firewood to heat their homes and to cook their meals; they are often too poor to afford gas and often, it is not even available where they live.
October 14, 2003 – New York Times. "It's Gas vs. Heritage in Navajo Country"