Officials from the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians are suing the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management over its decision to greenlight two areas off the Oregon Coast for potential floating wind energy projects.

A lawsuit filed by the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians alleges that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (“BOEM”) conducted i

A tribe in Oregon whose culture is tied to the ocean is suing the U.S. government over an offshore wind energy auction. The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Friday.

The Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians filed a lawsuit claiming the federal government failed to consider the environmental, cultural and economic impacts of the potential of floating offshore wind.

The two areas for sale — near Coos Bay and Brookings on the Southern Oregon shoreline — could generate more than 3.1 gigawatts of renewable energy if fully developed, which would power about 1 million homes.