Biden Admin Trying to Force Lava Ridge Wind Project on Idaho Despite Massive Opposition
By Greg Pruett • December 11, 2024Joe Biden’s Bureau of Land Management has approved Magic Valley Energy’s Lava Ridge Wind Project plan despite massive opposition from Idahoans.
BLM announced that up to 231 massive wind turbines could be placed on approximately 60,000 acres in Jerome County, Minidoka County, and Lincoln County. The height of the turbines would not be allowed to exceed 660 feet, which is still more than double the height of the Statue of Liberty.
Proponents say it will power 500,000 homes, much of which will likely go to homes in California. They also claim it will create 700 temporary jobs, followed by 20 permanent jobs once the project is complete. Once the project is complete, it will generate an estimated $7.5 million in “economic output.”
Opposition to the project has been ongoing for years, with all of Idaho’s top elected officials opposing it.
Governor Brad Little, Lt. Governor Scott Bedke, Attorney General Raul Labrador, U.S. Senator Jim Risch, U.S. Senator Mike Crapo, Congressman Russ Fulcher, and Congressman Mike Simpson have all opposed Lava Ridge and expressed frustration with the Biden administration over the project.
Opposition to the project comes not only from elected officials but also from farmers, the Friends of Minidoka, and other local citizens.
According to a Substack post by State Senator Glenneda Zuiderveld (R-Twin Falls), farmers are being told that the project will curtail their water supply. As if water issues have not been bad enough here in Idaho due to weather-related reasons such as droughts, but now farmers have to fight with money-sucking projects like Lava Ridge, which will curtail their water?
The Friends of Minidoka say the project is a slap in the face to the Japanese-Americans who were interned at the Minidoka Internment Camp during World War II. The altered Lava Ridge plan has the turbines nine miles from the site but will still be a major eye sore to the ground that has been left alone for decades.
The Minidoka site says about the project, in part,
“The proposed Lava Ridge wind project will forever alter Minidoka’s somber landscape and fails to honor the significance of the events that occurred at Minidoka as a place of reflection, healing, and education for the survivors, descendants, and public.”
Biden and the left’s “green energy” projects are not only useless, they are going to bankrupt our country. Their windmill and solar farms are a massive eyesore on our landscapes.
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Tags: BLM, Brad Little, Friends of Minidoka, Glenneda Zuiderveld, Jim Risch, Lava Ridge Wind Project, Magic Valley Energy, Mike Crapo, Mike Simpson, Raul Labrador, Russ Fulcher, Scott Bedke
Yes, dead set against. If it goes much further I only hope that Idahoans will remember the example of Cece Andrus and his threat to physically block (stand in the road) to keep that nuclear waste out of Idaho. I hope not, but physical action may be required to keep these bums out of Idaho.
I oppose the windmill project, and hope that Sen Risch is correct that it can be scrubbed very quickly.
I vehemently oppose the wind farms in IdahoThey are a waste of tax payers money, a threat to our wildlife and an eyesore that will remain for the rest of time. Please stop this lunacy.
This project is just plain wrong. Federal Government over reach at it’s finest.
There has to be a way to stop it. Does anyone know if it has been funded?