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To: jlallen who wrote (63430)	12/6/2007 1:28:37 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Coalition sues Land Office over wind farms Groups, including King Ranch, want to require extensive environmental review of wind projects. By Robert Elder statesman.com [Jonathan Adler, December 5, 2007 at 8:43pm] Trackbacks Enviros Challenge Wind Farms in Texas: A coalition of environmental groups is suing the Texas Land Commission and Public Utility Commission in an effort to stall two wind developments in the state. The lawsuits threaten to delay or stop the two massive wind projects, which could place more than 600 turbines on 60,000 acres near Laguna Madre, south of Corpus Christi. . . . 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. Javert: And, of course, the "greens" are against coal, oil, nuclear power, and cutting trees. As a bumper sticker observed, they want us to "stand in the dark naked and freeze to death." 12.5.2007 10:29pm Loren (mail) (www): And, of course, the "greens" are against coal, oil, nuclear power, and cutting trees. Hydroelectric too. Damming rivers artificially floods the surrounding areas. I suppose the only green-friendly energy sources then are 1) solar, 2) geothermal, and 3) magic. 12.5.2007 11:21pm volokh.com