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19 See generally Energy Policy Act § 502 et seq., Public Law 109-58 (2005).
20 These proposed amendments, titled the Indian Energy Promotion and Parity
Act of 2010, sought to amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and sought to
provide assistance and simplified approval process for American Indian tribes
seeking to do energy development on their lands. Despite multiple attempts,
these amendments had not yet been enacted as of 2013. For a discussion of
the amendments, see generally Kelly de la Torre & Robert S. Thompson III,
The Indian Energy Promotion and Parity Act of 2010: Opportunities for
Renewable Energy Projects in Indian Country, 2011 No. 2 RMMLF-INST
Paper No. 8 (2011).
21 See, e.g ., Ryan D. Dreveskracht, Alternative Energy in American Indian
Country: Catering to Both Sides of the Coin , 33 Energy L.J. 431, 440-48
(2012); de la Torre & Thompson, supra note 20.
22 See David Agnew, Responsibility to Future Generations: Renewable Energy
on Tribal Lands , www.whitehouse.gov (June 15, 2013), available at www.
whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/06/25/responsibility-future-generations-renewable
-energy-development-tribal-lands (last visited Aug. 12, 2013).
23 See id.
24 Heather Beck, Cooktown One Step Closer to Wind Farm , Cairns Post (May
12, 2011), available at www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/05/12/163591_local-
news.html (last visited Aug. 12, 2013).
25 See Siobhan Barry, Indigenous Backing for Cooktown Wind Project , Abc
News (Australia) (Aug. 11, 2009), available at www.abc.net.au/news/2009-
08-12/indigenous-backing-for-cooktown-wind-project/1387704 (last visited
Aug. 12, 2013).
26 See United States Department of Interior Instruction Memorandum No.
2011-061 (Feb. 7, 2011), available at www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/
wo/Communications_Directorate/public_affairs/news_release_attachments.
Par.79538.File.tmp/IM2011.61.Prescreening.pdf (last visited Aug. 13, 2013).
27 Some geothermal energy projects have been under consideration as well. To
see an updated list of these projects and their status, visit the BLM website
at www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/energy/renewable_energy/Renewable_Energy_
Projects_Approved_to_Date.html (last visited Aug. 13, 2013).
28 Bureau of Land Mgmt., Solar Energy Development Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement 5-218 (2010) (cited in John Copeland Nagle,
Green Harms of Green Projects , 27 Notre Dame J. of Law, Ethics & Pub.
Pol'y 59, 72 (2013)).
29 Bureau of Land Mgmt., Solar Energy Development Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement 5-21 (2012) (cited in Nagle, supra note 28 at
72).
30 Bureau of Land Mgmt., Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
on Wind Energy Development in Six Southwestern States 5-99 (2012) (cited in
Nagle, supra note 28 at 72).
31 National Historic Preservation Act § 101(d)(6)(B), 16 U.S.C. § 470a (2006).
32 See 16 U.S.C. § 470f (2006); 36 C.F.R. § 800.2-800.6.
33 See Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation v. U.S. Dep't of the
Interior , 755 F.Supp.2d 1104, 1106 (2010).
34 Id. at 1107.
35 Id.
36 Id. at 1119.
37 Id.
38 Id.
39 See Nagle, supra note 28 at 82.