Renewable energy on reservations

President Obama met with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today to discuss the new energy economy. The Interior Department announced plans to "promote energy security with a focus on clean renewable sources." A large portion of Obama’s economic stimulus package is geared toward creating a new energy economy, but how much of that money will apply to Native American tribes? Some Native Americans who are trying to develop a green energy economy on reservations across the Western plains are questioning whether Obama will bring real change to tribe economies dependent on unsustainable industries. In our latest story from our “Running on Empty” energy series, Blake Wesley files this report.

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