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Court to consider injunction in Kern County wind case
The groups maintain that the combined project as planned poses a serious risk to California condors, now struggling to rebuild their numbers after nearly going extinct in the 1980s. The project may also pose a threat to beleaguered golden eagles, southwestern willow flycatchers, and bats.
July 27, 2012
by Chris Clarke
in Rewire
Plaintiffs who filed suit against Kern County over a proposed wind installation's possible threat to California condors will argue for a preliminary injunction against the project on August 1. The groups, Defenders of Wildlife, Center for Biological Diversity, and the Sierra Club, sued in October to reopen environmental review of NextEra's 100-turbine North Sky River wind project, and the smaller adjacent Jawbone project, in the mountains north of Mojave.
The groups maintain that the combined project as planned poses a serious risk to California condors, now struggling to rebuild their numbers after nearly going extinct in the 1980s. The project may... [continue via Web link]
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