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Burning Man latest foe of ‘green energy’ project in Nevada

FILE - The "Man" burns on the Black Rock Desert at Burning Man near Gerlach, Nev., on Aug. 31, 2013. The Burning Man Project and four co-plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Reno this week accusing the Bureau of Land Management of breaking environmental laws in approving Ormat Nevada Inc.'s exploratory drilling in the Black Rock Desert 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Reno. (Andy Barron /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) FILE - Burning Man participants walk through dust at the annual Burning Man event on the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev., on Aug. 29, 2014. The Burning Man Project and four co-plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Reno this week accusing the Bureau of Land Management of breaking environmental laws in approving Ormat Nevada Inc.'s exploratory drilling in the Black Rock Desert 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Reno. (Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File) FILE - An old wooden yacht art car rolls through the playa at Burning Man on the Black Rock Desert near Gerlach, Nev., on Aug. 31, 2012. The Burning Man Project and four co-plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Reno this week accusing the Bureau of Land Management of breaking environmental laws in approving Ormat Nevada Inc.'s exploratory drilling in the Black Rock Desert 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Reno. (Andy Barron /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) FILE - Burners climb onto an art installation titled, "Night of the Climb," at Burning Man, in Gerlach, Nev., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. The art piece is made of stacked cars, a mobile home and a tower on top. The Burning Man Project and four co-plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Reno this week accusing the Bureau of Land Management of breaking environmental laws in approving Ormat Nevada Inc.'s exploratory drilling in the Black Rock Desert 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Reno. (Andy Barron /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) FILE - The "Man" burns on the Black Rock Desert at Burning Man near Gerlach, Nev., on Aug. 31, 2013. The Burning Man Project and four co-plaintiffs filed a new lawsuit in federal court in Reno this week accusing the Bureau of Land Management of breaking environmental laws in approving Ormat Nevada Inc.'s exploratory drilling in the Black Rock Desert 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of Reno. Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Friends of Black Rock/High Rock Inc. and two local residents of Gerlach joined the suit that says the agency's environmental review of the exploration project ignored potential harms related to the "future but inevitable large scale geothermal project." (Andy Barron/ /The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP)
Burning Man latest foe of ‘green energy’ project in Nevada