The 60-day notice from a geothermal developer marks the latest high-stakes showdown between clean power and wildlife conservation.
to ensure the wetlands aren’t affected. He said the monitoring would cost roughly $1.5 million a year during the geothermal facility’s operation, adding to a likely construction cost of around $60 million.the Dixie Valley toad last year.The Dixie Valley toad, which was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year.
“The toads have this incredibly delicate relationship to temperature,” Donnelly said. “If you start cooling off those springs, they might all freeze to death. And if you start heating up those springs, they might all boil to death.” Early construction work on Ormat’s Dixie Meadows geothermal plant, with the Dixie Valley toad’s wetland habitat in the background.
Likewise, renewable power companies working to build projects as fast as possible — and make a tidy profit — are justifiably worried that opposition from conservationists and others could slow the nation’s transition to climate-friendly energy.
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