February 23, 2022
A California activist group wants the Ninth Circuit to reverse a lower court order tossing its suit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Campo Kumeyaay Nation over tribal plans for a wind farm, saying the BIA's compliance with environmental law would help the tribe.
July 08, 2021
The U.S. government has backed a California tribe's move to dismiss a complaint over its proposed wind farm, pointing to the Ninth Circuit's record on lawsuits that challenge Native American energy projects.
July 01, 2021
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs on Thursday defended its environmental review of a wind farm on a California Native American reservation, arguing that environmentalists largely ignored critical elements of the analysis in saying it was inadequate.