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Imperial Valley Solar Project sued by Indian tribe

By Tiffany Hsu
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Just a month after clearing the regulatory hurdle, Tessera Solar’s Imperial Valley Solar Project has run into another obstacle: a lawsuit aiming to stop construction before it even starts.

The Quechan Indian tribe filed a complaint last Friday seeking to force the federal Department of Interior to back off the installation, claiming that it would damage “cultural and biological resources of significance.”

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Key among those is the flat-tailed horned lizard, which figures strongly in the tribe’s creation lore. To learn more, check out The Times’ Technology blog.

-- Tiffany Hsu

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Tiffany Hsu

Tiffany Hsu is a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she wrote about the California economy, fast food, restaurants, retail and alternative energy for the Business section. A Bay Area native, UC Berkeley graduate and eternal Nor-Cal fan, she once worked for the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She also did a stint at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, where she developed a passion for sweet tea. She still has faith that someday she’ll find two economists who agree.

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