A legal battle over an endangered toad and a geothermal power plant in Nevada has many similarities to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark case on the Endangered Species Act nearly a half-century ago. The 1978 case pitted a Tennessee dam against the snail darter. The court ruled the dam couldn't open because it could lead to the extinction of the tiny minnow. It said it didn't matter that the $100 million project was nearly complete. An appeals court has refused to block the geothermal project where the Nevada developer already has spent $68 million. But the case continues in federal court and appears likely to eventually return to the 9th Circuit.
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RENO, NEVADA (AP) – The unusual circumstances that led to the United States (US) Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the Endangered Species Act in 1978 have not surfaced much since then. But the stage is being set in Nevada for another potentially significant test of the nation’s premier wildlife protection law in a legal battle […]
A legal battle over an endangered toad and a geothermal power plant in Nevada has many similarities to the U.S. Supreme Court s landmark case on the Endangered Species Act nearly a half-century ago
The stage is being set in Nevada for another potentially significant test of the nation’s premier wildlife protection law in a legal battle over a geothermal power plant with similarities to the precedent-setting fight over the snail darter and a dam in Tennessee nearly a half century ago.