County commissioners have revoked Ormat Technologies’ permit to drill exploratory wells for a geothermal project in the Nevada desert. This is near the site of the annual Burning Man counterculture festival about 110 miles north of Reno.
Officials for the Burning Man organization have filed a suit in the U.S District Court to block Ormat Technologies’ explorations in the Black Rock Desert. They commented that the move puts the project on hold indefinitely and could scuttle it all together. The County Commission voted 3-2 to overturn the permit that the county’s Board of Adjustment approved in January. The permit was to…