{"id":293569,"date":"2024-01-03T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T10:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293569"},"modified":"2024-01-03T11:15:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T10:15:52","slug":"big-wind-closes-out-the-year-with-one-of-its-biggest-defeats-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293569","title":{"rendered":"Big Wind Closes Out The Year With One Of Its Biggest Defeats Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From The Daily Caller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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NICK POPE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A federal judge sided with a Native American tribe in a dispute with a major wind developer on Wednesday, handing a massive defeat to the wind industry to end 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves ordered Enel, a major green energy company based in Rome with an American presence, to tear down an enormous wind farm that the firm had constructed in Osage County, Oklahoma, over the consistent protest of the Osage tribe who live in the area, according<\/a> to the Tulsa World. The ruling is a huge victory for the Osage tribe, who opposed the project because of its location relative to burial sites and the ecological damage inflicted upon eagles by the massive turbines, and a stark defeat for Enel, which is now staring down hundreds of millions<\/a> of dollars in decommissioning charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wind farm had been the subject of a lengthy legal battle between the Osage Nation and the developer, spanning back to 2011, when the tribe filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that the development illegally deprived the tribe of access to the mineral deposits beneath the site of the project, according to the Tulsa World. The project featured 84 turbines, as well as required equipment like transmission lines and weather towers, spread over 8,400 acres of land that Choe-Groves asserted was leased illegally and to the detriment of the tribe\u2019s sovereignty.\u00a0(RELATED: \u2018Green Colonialism\u2019: Biden Admin Clashes With Native American Activists Over Lithium Mine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biden\u2019s Climate Bill Boosted An Offshore Wind Giant, But His Economy Brought It To The Brink https:\/\/t.co\/AF7SPT2FNu<\/a><\/p>— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) November 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>