Conservationists fight to save rare butterfly in Nevada
The existence of a rare butterfly, the bleached sandhill skipper, is being threatened as a geothermal power plant is set to be built in its only known home in Nevada.
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The existence of a rare butterfly, the bleached sandhill skipper, is being threatened as a geothermal power plant is set to be built in its only known home in Nevada.
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Conservationists who are already suing to block a geothermal power plant where an endangered toad lives in western Nevada are now
Conservationists suing to block a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives are seeking U.S. protection for a rare Nevada butterfly near another geothermal project the developer plans near the Oregon line.
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to grant Endangered Species Act protection to an extremely rare butterfly called the bleached sandhill skipper. The butterfly is restricted to a single alkali wetland in Humboldt County, Nevada. It could face extinction if the Baltazor Geothermal Development Project, proposed by developer Ormat, proceeds. Geothermal energy, while a carbon-free power source, has a well-documented history of drying up nearby springs. Across the globe hot springs adjacent to geothermal projects have gone dry or cooled off, wi...