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Navajo environmentalists offered money to drop energy project opposition
Original: Navajo environmentalists were offered money to drop opposition to energy project
Navajo environmental campaigners say they were offered money in exchange for abandoning their opposition to an energy project, according to NPR reporting. The allegations raise questions about lobbying tactics and pressure on Indigenous communities defending land and environmental interests. The episode is likely to fuel debate over how energy developers deal with tribal opposition and whether such offers amount to improper inducements.
Why now: Claims that campaigners were paid to stay silent touch on ongoing tensions between energy development and Indigenous land rights.
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