Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador has appealed a federal decision that allows a controversial Idaho wind turbine farm proposal, located near the historical site of Japanese incarceration camps, to move forward.
Labrador asked the Federal Aviation Administration to revisit its decision that the Lava Ridge Wind Project near Jerome poses no hazard to aviation, according to a news release from the Attorney General’s Office. The project initially called for 400 750-foot wind turbines to generate renewable energy, but the Bureau of Land Management announced in a final environmental review Thursday that it favors an alternative proposal to slash that number to 241 turbines at a maximum 660 feet.
Even with the proposed changes, the wind turbines would still be among the tallest in the country and “pose an obvious hazard to local aircraft and airports,” the Attorney General’s Office said in its news release. The office also…
