Dikos Nitsaa’igii-19 (The Big Cough): Coal, COVID, and the Navajo Nation
| Autor: | Warigia M. Bowman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economic growth Government Polymers and Plastics biology Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Native american business.industry biology.organism_classification Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering language.human_language Navajo Coal burning Political science language Coal Business and International Management Rural area Phoenix business |
| Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| Popis: | This essay makes the following arguments. First, the US federal government knows how to electrify remote rural areas, and has in fact electrified rural areas as remote and inaccessible as the Appalachian Mountains. Yet, the US government has failed to electrify Navajo. Second, Navajo Nation is surrounded by power plants which send electricity to Phoenix, Los Angeles, and parts distant, yet transmission lines and infrastructure have not been properly extended from those power plants to inside of Navajo Nation. Third, the health risks of residential coal burning are well known, and given the health risks of COVID-19 and the fact that underlying respiratory conditions make the Navajo quite susceptible to this disease, the need to address this infrastructure gap is urgent. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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