Power transmission lines damaging sacred sites and San Pedro River

Green energy can’t come at the cost of biodiversity loss or the desecration of Indigenous cultures. February 2024 was a big month for defending that position in Arizona, where the Center began. First we filed an injunction, alongside the Tohono O’odham Nation and San Carlos Apache Tribe, to stop construction of wind-power transmission lines that are damaging sacred sites and harming the fragile San Pedro River, as captured in this video. More in this effort here: https://twitter.com/PeccaryNotPig/status/1758595502864826414 And here: https://www.enr.com/articles/58188-11b-sunzia-power-project-suit-has-march-7-federal-court-hearing We also won a major victory with Navajo allies — and help from 7,000 supporters — against multiple proposed hydropower projects in Black Mesa. The projects would have depleted aquifers, destroyed prehistoric sites, and harmed Mexican spotted owl habitat, worsening problems caused by decades of coal extraction. This win also establishes new nationwide policy giving Tribes veto power over permits targeting their land. More on that victory here: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17022024/feds-deny-permits-for-hydro-projects-on-navajo-land/ “Without consent from local communities and wildlife advocates, industrial energy plans are just greenwashing,” said the Center’s Russ McSpadden. This video was featured in our Endangered Earth newsletter, issue 1,234 (Feb. 29, 2024): https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/earthonline/endangered-earth-online-no1234.html ----- About the Center: The Center for Biological Diversity is a 501c3 nonprofit headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. At the Center, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because diversity has intrinsic value, and because its loss impoverishes society, we work to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction. We do so through science, law and creative media, with a focus on protecting the lands, waters and climate that species need to survive. We want those who come after us to inherit a world where the wild is still alive. Where to find us: WEBSITE: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CenterForBioDiv FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CenterforBio... INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/centerforbi... TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@centerforbiodiv TAKE ACTION: https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/action/ For questions or media inquiries, email us at center@biologicaldiversity.org.

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