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Litigation

May 23, 2012

Tribe sues over wind energy project

A native American tribe has filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior over the approval of a California wind project.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A native American tribe has filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior over the approval of a California wind project.


The Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation claims the department's Bureau of Land Management has failed to meet its obligation to consult with the tribe and that the Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility being developed by Pattern Energy Group LP would disturb burial...

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