Defenders of Wildlife v. Sally Jewell, et al

  1. May 18, 2017

    Nev. Solar Project Gets 9th Circ. Nod Over Tortoise Concerns

    The Ninth Circuit on Thursday rejected an environmental group's challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior's approval of First Solar Inc.'s project in Nevada, finding no fault with the government's assessment that the effort would not adversely affect the local desert tortoise population's habitat.

  2. February 29, 2016

    Solar Project Review Was Sound, Nev. County Tells 9th Circ.

    A Nevada county has urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a California federal judge's ruling that the U.S. Department of Interior sufficiently protected an endangered desert tortoise in its review of a First Solar Inc. project, saying the agency properly took into account local efforts to protect the species.

  3. December 10, 2015

    9th Circ. Asked To Protect Tortoise From Solar Project

    An environmental group looking to protect a threatened tortoise from a First Solar Inc. project told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that a lower court shouldn't have found that unspecified future remedial actions were sufficient to protect the species.

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