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[Rightguide]

Small Idaho Town Feels Immediate Impact From Trump's Energy Order​

Trump's day one executive order blocked Biden's approval of contentious wind project​

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Thomas Catenacci
January 29, 2025

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting wind energy development on his first day in office, it appeared to solely target offshore wind farms. But buried deep in the order, Trump also halted a single onshore wind development, the Lava Ridge Wind project in southern Idaho, handing an unlikely victory to local residents and a crushing blow to the green energy movement.

Trump's order marked the culmination of a years-long grassroots opposition effort that turned into a David and Goliath contest, pitting farmers, ranchers, and landowners from tiny Lincoln County, Idaho, against federal bureaucrats and LS Power, the billion-dollar New York-based green energy developer behind Lava Ridge.

The behemoth project—spanning 38,535 acres and including 241 wind turbines—was poised to have detrimental impacts on grazing, farming, and local wildlife, sparking fierce opposition from locals.

Trump's action signals a turning of the tide for the green energy industry in the United States. While the Biden administration often fast-tracked behemoth green energy projects—it formally approved Lava Ridge in December—Trump campaigned on a promise to slow rapid green energy development and, instead, listen to locals most impacted by such projects.

More here: https://freebeacon.com/trump-admini...ls-immediate-impact-from-trumps-energy-order/

David prevails over Goliath.

 

[ll74]

Really stupid article

 

[Rightguide]

Really stupid article

It's a big deal for those folks who fought so hard to stop the visual pollution those wind mills would have presented.

 

[ll74]

It's a big deal for those folks who fought so hard to stop the visual pollution those wind mills would have presented.

It's a stupid article .

"Visual pollution"

Lol

 

[Rightguide]

It's a stupid article .

"Visual pollution"

Lol

It informs the public of your failure to pollute our beautiful state.

 

[ll74]

It informs the public of your failure to pollute our beautiful state.

Ascription is fun. I did not attempt to nor fail to pollute in any way shape or form.

Your truck nuts are more visually polluting.

 

[Bn2f]

It informs the public of your failure to pollute our beautiful state.

What's the visual difference between a windmill and an oil derrick and/or offshore platform?

 

[RobDownSouth]

"visual pollution".

Yes folks, he really went there.

 

[DeluxAuto]

"visual pollution".

Yes folks, he really went there.

Jack worships an orange felon who has gold toilets. He's not exactly the authority on visuals.

 

[Illnevertell79]

It's a big deal for those folks who fought so hard to stop the visual pollution those wind mills would have presented.

Visual pollution? Is that where we are now? I'm done interneting for today.....

 

[Rightguide]

Visual pollution? Is that where we are now? I'm done interneting for today.....

Just like the oil derricks the left didn't like visually polluting Los Angeles decades ago.

 

[ll74]

Just like the oil derricks the left didn't like visually polluting Los Angeles decades ago.

Would you prefer an oil rig in your backyard or a windmill?

Lol

 

[Chernosoth]

Idaho has some desolate land where any landmark at all would be an improvement. I drove through it insanely fast because there was nothing visual to show my speed until I looked down at the rentawreck's speedometer. In the more populated areas, the toxic fumes of a windmill fire would concern farmers and ranchers, but windmills are less dangerous than nuclear plants. The giant windmills that giant bureaucracies like to fund still cost more energy than they produce, so we can expect them to gradually disappear. Disposing of all those windmill blades so long and heavy that each blade requires a specialized blade trailer will cost some money.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Nuclear power is the ONLY long term solution.

 

[YDB95]

Nuclear power is the ONLY long term solution.

Are you willing to bury the waste in your backyard?

 

[Bn2f]

Just like the oil derricks the left didn't like visually polluting Los Angeles decades ago.

This person has never been to California and seen the number of solar panels and windmills that are abundant there. This know nothing person should STFU.

 

[Rebel5soul]

Are you willing to bury the waste in your backyard?

First of all the technology has been developed to recycle the spent rods and we have two nuclear waste repositories ready to go.