The momentum has picked up to block a massive wind farm in southern Idaho, with a key senator pledging to work with the Trump administration to kill the project and the advancement of a bill that would delay the Bureau of Land Management’s expected approval in the coming weeks.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday approved S. 4936, sponsored by Idaho Republican Sen. James Risch, which would block Interior Secretary Deb Haaland from approving the Lava Ridge Wind Project until after the comptroller general completes a report on how the farm could affect a nearby national park site preserving an internment camp where thousands of Japanese Americans were held during World War II.
In a statement, Risch’s office also pledged to help the project meet its demise under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, a frequent critic of wind farms.
Risch “looks forward to working with the incoming Trump administration to halt the project,” his office said in the statement.
