Clean energy goes up against tribal rights and biodiversity in Nevada

Image: Patrick Donnelly, Center for Biological Diversity. Article by Emily Pontecorvo. Grist – January 7, 2022.

The Biden administration is facing critical questions about how to balance the urgency of transitioning to clean energy with other progressive priorities. On Monday, a U.S. district judge halted construction of two geothermal power plants on public land in Nevada. The decision was in response to a lawsuit filed in December by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental nonprofit, and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, against the Bureau of Land Management, or BLM, for approving the project. […]

Click here to view original web page at grist.org