Renewable Energy's Sacred Sites Blind Spot The news that Avangrid has withdrawn its permit application to build an industrial scale solar facility on Badger Mountain in Eastern Washington is being hailed as a victory by Indigenous communities.
This decision comes after years of controversy and opposition from tribes who consider the site sacred.
The Colville Tribes' protection of ancestral lands and cultural traditions should not have been dismissed as "noise" by state permitting authority council chair.