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Full Environmental Review Ordered for Mexican Power Imports

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Health & Communities

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Legal Document:

Mexican Border Power Plants Complaint

Mexican Border Power Plants Cross-Motion & Opposition from Defendants

Mexican Border Power Plants Decision

Mexican Border Power Plants Federal Register Notice

Mexican Border Power Plants Reply Brief from Plaintiffs

Mexican Border Power Plants Summary Judgment Brief from Plaintiffs

Press Release:

Department of Energy Seeks Public Comment on Mexican Power Imports (11/06/03)

Environmentalists Win Lawsuit Over Power Lines from Mexico to US (05/06/03)

Environmentalists Sue over Transmission Lines from Mexico to US (03/19/02)

Cases

Mexican Border Power Plants

In Brief:

Photo of Presidente Juarez Power plant in Rosartio Beach, Baja California Norte

Presidente Juarez Power plant in Rosartio Beach, Baja California Norte

Photo by Thomas Bravo Garcia / Greenpeace

Suit to force the US Department of Energy to conduct a thorough environmental assessment before authorizing operation of power plants owned by US corporations and constructed in Mexico to supply power to the US energy market.

As a result of this suit, the court ordered that the DOE conduct an environmental assessment before authorizing electricity transmission.

Staff:

Clients:

Border Power Plant Working Group

Updated: December 6, 2007

Case #24689

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