The showdown over alternative energy has taken a new dynamic. Now the Enviromentalist are going to fight each other. The Austin America Statesman reports that a group of Enviromental groups are bringing a federal lawsuit to stop a Wind Farm.
The famed King Ranch and a coalition of environmental groups sued TexasSphere: Related Content
Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson in federal court Tuesday, seeking to require
extensive environmental review and public comment on two planned wind power
projects along the Gulf Coast in Kenedy County.
The federal suit, filed in U.S. Western District Court in Austin, said the
turbines could kill untold numbers of migratory birds and damage the bay. It
seeks to overturn the decision by the Texas General Land office, which Patterson
heads, to allow the projects to be built without environmental review or input
from the public. The suit contends that the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act
of 1972 and the Texas Coastal Management Program require a permit process for
any energy generation facility on the coast, including wind farms.
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