Energy and Environment

Sage grouse trumps Obama wind project approval

By John Siciliano

Published May 27, 2016 4:10pm ET

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Sage grouse trumps Obama wind project approval — Energy project developers, both fossil and renewables, have been hindered by endangered species rules, with the protection of the sage grouse becoming of particular concern. (AP Photo)

The Obama administration got slammed by a federal judge Thursday for approving a large wind project in Oregon without accounting for the protected sage grouse population in the area.

The Bureau of Land Management said the 100-megawatt wind farm was good to go, until environmentalists cried foul, suing the agency in federal court for approving the facility in an area needed by the protected bird for sustenance in the winter.

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