Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against Sacramento County over a solar project that would eliminate up to 3,500 native and blue oak trees from the county’s last remaining intact woodlands.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday, follows last month’s decision by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to approve the Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch Project despite strong opposition from tribal communities, environmental advocates and conservation groups.
“Make no mistake, this is not a choice between clean energy or irreplaceable habitat,” said Luz Lim, a policy analyst at Environmental Council of Sacramento, one of the groups that filed the lawsuit, in a news release…