I think it's either incredibly naive or willfully misleading to frame this as simply "wanting to avoid an environment impact study." It could more accurately b

I think it's either incredibly naive or willfully misleading to frame this as simply "wanting to avoid an environment impact study." It could more accurately be described as, "concerned and organized opposition taking every available legal step to delay and increase the costs of the project under the guise of genuine and valid concern." And succeeding, as it seems. Although it's tough for me to feel too sorry for Californians being negatively impacted by a complex and bureaucratic legal nightmare that enables exactly this kind of NIMBYism.