The proposed route and its impacts on the national monument, as well as undeveloped desert lands across seven counties, is part of an ongoing debate over green energy and how the infrastructure needed to get that electricity to the power grid will forever change previously untouched places in Nevada.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has previously vowed to take legal action over the potential disturbance of the Tule Springs Fossil Beds monument site.
Chandra Rosenthal, PEER’s Rocky Mountain director, said the group plans to closely review the record of decision. But she doubled down on the legal threat Monday.
“We believe that legal action may be necessary to protect the integrity” of the Tule Springs monument site, she said. “Transitioning to renewable energy is essential but it must be done right — the alignment of transmission towers within the monument boundaries, is a shortsighted solution.”