This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Environmental

Nov. 4, 2010

Tribe's Lawsuit Could Delay Major Solar Power Project

An American Indian tribe filed suit to block one of the nation's largest solar power projects, saying the federal government rushed it through the approval process without weighing impacts on the tribe's cultural artifacts.


By Jason W. Armstrong


Daily Journal Staff Writer


An American Indian tribe has filed suit to block one of the nation's largest solar power projects, saying the federal government rushed it through the approval process without weighing impacts on the tribe's cultural artifacts and protected species.


The suit by the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, filed Friday in U.S. District Court in San Diego, targets the 6,360-acr...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up