Geothermal Company Seeks Delisting of Endangered Nevada Toad (1)

A renewable energy company is suing the Interior Department over its decision to add the Dixie Valley toad to the endangered species list based on its proximity to a geothermal project in Nevada.

The decision has “caused concrete and particularized harm” including impairing “its significant investment of time, money, and other resources in a critically needed new renewable energy project,” Ormat Nevada Inc. said in its complaint filed Tuesday with the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

The company—a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies Inc. that designs and operates power plants—called the move arbitrary and capricious because “it cannot ...