Add Burning Man to the list of plaintiffs challenging one of the growing number of “green energy” projects in the works in Nevada.
“Ormat’s exploration project will lay the foundation for turning a unique, virtually pristine ecosystem of environmental, historical and cultural significance into an industrial zone, and permanently alter the landscape,” the lawsuit says.The Bureau of Land Management has no comment on the lawsuit, agency spokesman Brian Hires said in an email to The Associated Press.
Or, as the lawsuit says, where attendees “over the course of eight days, camp and participate in a unique experimental community.” “However, this first stage merely confirms where the resources are located to inform future industrial scale geothermal energy development," the suit said. “Once the exploration project begins, it will be impossible to stop the effects of the entire geothermal production project.”
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