Tribe near Vegas appealing EPA coal plant air rule
The Moapa Band of Paiutes and environmental allies filed suit in federal court over the issue of air pollutants from the Reid Gardner coal-fired power plant located just a couple hundred yards from the homes of Moapa Paiute families.
"Cleanup of this old, dirty power plant is long overdue," said Suma Peesapati, the Earthjustice attorney handling the case. "What the EPA has proposed does not protect the neighboring community of the Moapa Paiutes or the iconic beauty of the Grand Canyon."