September 23, 2019
The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the Bureau of Indian Affairs' approval of the second phase of a California wind farm, saying the agency properly considered the project's potential to harm eagles before greenlighting a lease between the project developer and a California tribe.
August 09, 2018
A conservation group told the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday that a recent appellate court decision vacating federal approvals for portions of the Mountain Valley pipeline supported its challenge to the Bureau of Indian Affairs' assent to a lease between a wind farm developer and a California tribe.
March 29, 2018
A conservation group said on Thursday that a recent federal court opinion blasting an environmental review for a coal development bolsters its Ninth Circuit case claiming the Bureau of Indian Affairs didn't properly consider alternatives when it approved a lease between a wind farm developer and a California tribe.
March 19, 2018
A conservation group said Friday that the Bureau of Indian Affairs ignored the input of another federal agency and neglected important information when it approved a lease between a wind farm developer and a California tribe, asking the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court decision allowing the lease.
January 29, 2018
A unit of Avangrid Renewables LLC, the Ewiaapaayp band of Kuweyaay Indians and the federal government told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that a lower court was right when it tossed claims that the government didn't follow environmental law in approving a lease for a wind farm.
November 15, 2017
A conservation group has asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn a lower court decision tossing claims that the Bureau of Indian Affairs violated environmental law in approving a lease between a wind farm developer and a California tribe, saying the agency failed to do enough to protect golden eagles and other birds.