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DPA General Manager Steven Begay discusses the permits granted to DPA and Sithe Global to conduct test drilling on the Desert Rock Energy Project site where protesters have established a camp to block the testing work. Mr. Begay gave copies of the permits to Lori Goodman, director of the environment group Diné CARE, which is helping to stage the protest (Photo by George Hardeen).

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NENAHNEZAD, N.M. - Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr., spent two-and-a-half hours on Monday, Dec. 18 to hear the concerns of about two-dozen protesters who are occupying the planned Desert Rock Energy Project site.The President said he went to the site to listen and to explain the Navajo Nation's position in support of the now-$3 billion project. The President said the Desert Rock project has been discussed for years, was supported by the Navajo Nation Council last summer with a 66-to-7 vote to grant a lease and sub-lease, and will provide employment for 1,000 Navajo construction workers through the year 2010.

By George Hardeen December 26, 2006