club afoot
from Grist:
The Sierra Club is suing the Defense Department for effectively halting
new development of wind farms in the name of homeland security. The
suit charges that the department failed to complete a congressionally
mandated study on how wind turbines affect military radar by a May 8
deadline; at least 15 new wind projects await completion of the study.
"If the military can have windmills and effective radar at Guantanamo,
why can't we have both in the Midwest?" asked Sierra Club attorney
Kristin Henry, who noted that delayed construction could make wind
developers ineligible for federal tax credits that expire after 2007.
Meanwhile, the administration pursues security-risky nuclear power like
there's no tomorrow -- which, in their defense, there might not be. The
feds were breezily unconcerned about the potential impacts of terrorist
attacks when conducting environmental reviews of nuke plants until
ordered to consider those impacts by a recent court decision.
sources:
San Francisco Chronicle
Cape Cod Today
