Western Watersheds Project v. Salazar

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20236
No(s). 11-00492 (C.D. Cal. Nov 5, 2012) (Gee, J.)

A district court held that DOI complied with NEPA, the ESA, and FLPMA when it approved the construction of a large solar power plant in California's Mojave Desert. Environmental groups filed suit, alleging that BLM and FWS inadequately considered the project's effect on existing populations of deser...