Interior secretary announces end to Lava Ridge wind project in Idaho

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Wednesday that the Lava Ridge Wind Project is officially canceled.

Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he would reverse approval of the large wind farm project that had been approved to be built outside of Twin Falls on land managed by the federal Bureau of Land Management, or BLM.

The company Magic Valley Energy had sought a permit to build more than 200 wind turbines that would generate an expected 1,000 megawatts.

Burgum said in a press release Wednesday that his office reviewed the decision approving the project and “discovered crucial legal deficiencies in the issuance of the approval.”

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/briefs/u-s-secretary-of-interior-announces-end-to-lava-ridge-wind-project-in-idaho/

They want more coal and they want it now.