Win For Government, Tribe Upheld By 9th Circuit In Wind Farm Dispute

Mealey's (September 24, 2019, 12:50 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — Federal agencies did not violate the National Environmental Policy Act when approving an 85-unit wind farm in southern California on federal and Indian land, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decided Sept. 23 in affirming a summary judgment win for the government, a Native American tribe and a wind energy company (Protect Our Communities Foundation, et al. v. Darryl LaCounte, et al., No. 17-55647, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 28632)....