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Federal agency failed to monitor AZ coal mines' water use, report says

Coal mining depleted areas of a critical aquifer in the Black Mesa region of the Navajo Nation, but a federal agency didn't consider the losses environmentally damaging, researchers concluded in a new study of the aquifer in northern Arizona.

Wahleah Johns: The coronavirus is just one challenge the Navajo Nation is facing
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Wahleah Johns: The coronavirus is just one challenge the Navajo Nation is facing

The reservation has more coronavirus cases per capita than any state in the country.
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