SunZia 'Green' Energy Project Threatens Sacred Places of Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache

San Pedro River photo Robin Silver

Another so-called 'green energy' project threatens the sacred places of Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache

Update: The Tohono O'odham Nation and San Carlos Apache Nations filed for a restraining order against Interior Sec. Deb Haaland, Interior Dept., and BLM, on March 13 in Tucson federal court. Haaland's bulldozers are now tearing through sacred places in the San Pedro Valley for a transmission line for another fake green energy project destroying sacred places.

By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, March 12, 2024

TUCSON -- A so-called 'green' energy project plans to plow through Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache sacred and historical places in the San Pedro Valley in Arizona. The transmission line of 'renewable energy' from wind farms in central New Mexico would cut through Arizona and continue on to California. The SunZia transmission line is now being fought in federal court.

O'odham Urgent Call to Action: Stop SunZia Bulldozers Threatening O'odham Cultural Area and San Pedro River

SunZia bulldozing San Pedro Valley for transmission line

Update: Tohono O'odham and San Carlos Apache Nations filed for an injunction on Wednesday:

TUCSON -- San Carlos Apache and Tohono O'odham Nations filed for an injunction to halt bulldozers and the SunZia transmission line from destroying a large region of sacred places and history in the San Pedro Valley east of Tucson. 

“Every single one of us has a history to this place. We’ve driven through there, we have connections, we’ve prayed, you know, all that matters. Our human lives matter,” said Vernelda Grant with the San Carlos Apache Tribe.