A coalition of environmental groups have sued the federal government over the creation of transmission corridors that will perpetuate the use of coal-fired power throughout the West.
The lawsuit (pdf) against the Interior, Agriculture and Energy departments filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California charges that the agencies “created a sprawling, hopscotch network of 6,000 miles of rights-of-way” without:
- considering environmental impacts;
- analyzing alternatives;
- weighing federal policies that support renewable energy;
- ensuring the corridors’ consistency with federal and local land-use plans, and;
- consulting other federal agencies or Western states and local governments.
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