February 9, 2012

Re: Bringing Electricity to an Indian Hogan by Henry Percy

My name is Mark Snyder. I am the inventor of the EMPUS™, (patent pending), structure and I installed the unit at Paula Curtis’ residence. I am a Master Electrician and a builder and have licensed nationally doing projects from coast to coast and in Iraq. I have noted that you have developed your blog entirely from your perspective sitting in the comfort of your home in Michigan. No doubt with electricity, water and sanitation. (more…)

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Las Vegas and much of Southwestern US is lit up by dirty coal from Navajo Nation. Yet many of the impoverished people there lack electricity or water. Guest on this show is Elsa Johnson, a Navajo environmentalist and human right advocate who talks about recent successes they’ve had taking on Big Coal and uranium which have done such harm to the health of that nation. They’re looking to the sun for a brighter economic and cultural future.

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By Kathy Helms
Dine Bureau
Gallup Independent

LEUPP – Five rural Navajo elders will receive solar electricity to light up their homes by the first part of the new year with the help of Plateau Solar Project, an entity designed to bring electricity, water and sanitation to under-served and disabled elders.

The five are among nearly 40 low-income or no-income applicants who have qualified so far for a 2-kilowatt solar system funded through USDA Rural Development grants. Last year, 78 grant applications were submitted to USDA by Plateau Solar Project, established by non-profit IINA Solutions and Mark Snyder Electric as a “clean energy solution” for Indian Country. (more…)