9th Circuit lifts 90-day ban at geothermal plant in Nevada

The Associated Press ^ | February 8, 2022 | By SCOTT SONNER

[Oldeconomybuyer]

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal appeals court has lifted a temporary ban on construction of a Nevada geothermal power plant opposed by a tribe and conservationists who say the site is sacred and home to a rare toad being considered for endangered species protection.

U.S. District Judge Robert C. Jones in Reno had granted the 90-day injunction last month sought by opponents of Ormat Technologies’ Dixie Meadows project at the high-desert site bordering wetlands fed by hot springs east of Fallon.

A two-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued a one-page ruling without explanation late Friday staying Jones’ injunction pending its full consideration of the appeal on the merits of the case.

It also granted the opponents’ request to expedite the review but indicated that wouldn’t be complete before April.

[Bayard]

Title could be: Sacred Toad forbidden from preventing
power leaking out of ground.

[SpaceBar]

The site is sacred and home to a rare toad...

The whole tribe and their lawyer need to be staked to an ant hill.

[M Kehoe]

Frog legs yum.

5.56mm

[ProtectOurFreedom]

TOADS RULE!!

...and don't you forget it!

[libertylover]

Very surprised the 9th Circuit came down on the side of the Nevada geothermal power plant instead of a rare toad.

[kiryandil]

The original district judge, Robert C. Jones, apparently has a problem with the structure of government and the judicial system.

His Wikipedia page is replete with spankings from his judicial peers.

[kiryandil]

TWO!!! Obamajudges - Morgan Kristen and Jacqueline Nguyen...  

[Michael.SF.]

Ormat is an Israeli company that builds geothermal plants (and the turbines for them) all over the world: NV, CA. New Zealand.

[hinckley buzzard]

What these phonies never tell you is, to native Americans, all ground is “sacred ground.” Give them a stake in the game, like their share of Keystone, and suddenly that issue disappears. Hard to buy off the greenies though, because they are well financed to begin with.

[I-ambush]

Is the rare toad necessary for a “sacred” ritual?

[Pining_4_TX]

Yeah, I wondered why these tribes team up with environmental fascists to try to stop all kinds of energy projects. I figures either the enviro-whackos were paying them off or they wanted money from somebody. Sacred ground - phooey! Isn’t it about time they stopped worshipping rocks and and stuff?

[TChad]

Dixie Valley Toad