Environmental & Energy,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 29, 2026
Environmental groups sue to block BLM approval of Cadiz water pipeline
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club argue BLM failed to adequately evaluate the environmental impacts of large-scale groundwater pumping in the Mojave Desert.
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday, challenging the agency's approval of a key component of the long-running Cadiz Water Project in the Mojave Desert.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the lawsuit seeks to block the conversion of 162 miles of an abandoned oil and gas pipeline into a water conveyance system crossing about 83 miles of federal land, including portions of...
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