Peaceful Protest Planned for Imperial Valley Solar Project
Citizens supporting the Quechan Tribe's lawsuit against the Imperial Valley Solar power project are planning to hold a peaceful and educational protest against the project today and tomorrow (14 and 15 November). The Imperial Valley Solar project will be built by Tessera Solar LLC on public land that contains many artifacts and sites of cultural significance to the Quechan Tribe. The Tribe is suing the Department of the Interior for approving the project as part of the "fast track" process for solar energy projects because the Department failed to conduct a thorough review of the cultural significance of the site, and ignored Quechan Tribe requests for such a survey. You can read more on a previous post on the Imperial project. The Imperial Valley Solar project will consume over 10 square miles of Colorado Desert habitat near the town of Imperial, California. The site also contains habitat for the threatened Flat-Tailed Horned Lizard and foraging habitat for the Pe