Conservation groups are questioning the Bureau of Land Management’s “skewed priorities” in decisions surrounding the path of a massive powerline project between Las Vegas and Northern Nevada.
Email exchanges between BLM officials and the leader of Basin and Range Watch, Kevin Emmerich, indicate that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Greenlink West has been delayed after initial plans to release it on May 10. The $2.5 billion NV Energy project is a key component of infrastructure to produce solar power on BLM-controlled land in Nye and Esmeralda counties.
In a Tuesday news release, Basin and Range Watch, along with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), suggested that BLM cares more about private mining claims than about potential damage to prehistoric fossils within the borders of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.
