From Ashes to Bricks
Even with the closure of the Mojave power plant, coal and coal waste are a major economic force in Navajo country. And as Daniel Kraker reports from Arizona, Navajos have found a new way to use coal plant waste from ANOTHER power plant. They’re making a new kind of concrete that could even help solve the reservation’s acute housing shortage.
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