Advocacy groups are raising concerns over a proposal by the Bureau of Land Management to alter a power line route in Nevada to avoid interfering with a potential mining site, but not move the line to avoid a national monument in its path.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Nevada-based Basin and Range Watch on Tuesday released documents and emails that show BLM’s preferred route now includes altering a 3-mile section of the path of the power line to avoid interfering with lands where South African-based AngloGold Ashanti wants to explore for gold.