June 26, 2014
A California federal judge on Wednesday nixed a suit lobbed by environmental groups accusing the Bureau of Land Management of improperly setting aside large parcels of land for utility-scale solar energy projects, saying the BLM considered reasonable alternatives before deciding on the set-asides.
February 13, 2013
Three environmental groups on Tuesday sued the Bureau of Land Management in California federal court over its decision last year to set aside swaths of open space for utility-scale solar energy projects and failing to study smaller alternatives in degraded and developed areas rather than prime public land.