A coal power plant demolition serves as a poignant historical moment for the Navajo

“At one point San Juan Generating Station and the Four Corners Power Plant, according to Los Alamos National Lab, were the largest source of point-source pollution in the United States,” Eisenfeld said.

But on this day, the San Juan Generating Station sat dark and inert — it shut down two years ago. As we flew over the Four Corners Power Plant, puffs of white smoke told us it was still producing energy.

“This is the last coal plant up here,” Eisenfeld said of Four Corners. “All the others have been retired. Gone.” LTC Eugene Chu Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Maj Kim Patterson MAJ Ken Landgren Maj (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana MSG Stan Hutchison MSgt Steve Sweeney MSgt Michael Bischoff SSG Robert Mark Odom SSgt Richard Kensinger 1SG (Join to see) SP5 Dennis Loberger PO1 Tony Holland PO1 Brian Austin CPL LaForest Gray SrA John Monette A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney SPC Kevin Ford