Native American tribes want US appeals court to weigh in on $10B SunZia energy transmission project
Associate Press
by Susan Montoya Bryan
April 25, 2024
Native American tribes and environmentalists want a U.S. appeals court to weigh in on their request to halt construction along part of a $10 billion transmission line that will carry wind-generated electricity from New Mexico to customers as far away as California.
The tribes and others argue that the U.S. Interior Department and Bureau of Land Management failed to recognize the cultural significance of the area before approving the route of the massive project in 2015.