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Federal Judge Sides With Osage Nation, Orders Removal Of 84 Wind Turbines

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Enel's trespass on the tribe's mineral estate echoes themes in Killers Of The Flower Moon These turbines are part of the Osage Wind project near Fairfax, Oklahoma. On Wednesday, a federal judge in Tulsa ruled that the 84-turbine wind project must be removed. This photo is a still image from the upcoming docuseries, Juice: Power, Politics, And The Grid. Credit: Tyson Culver. The Osage Nation won a massive ruling in Tulsa federal court on Wednesday that requires Enel to dismantle a 150-megawatt wind project it built in Osage County despite the tribe’s repeated objections. The tribe’s fight against Rome-based Enel began in 2011 and is the longest-running legal battle over wind energy in American history. As reported by   Curtis Killman in the   Tulsa World   on Thursday, the ruling grants the United States, the Osage Nation, and Osage Minerals Council permanent injunctive relief via “ejectment of the wind turbine farm for continuing trespass.” The decision by U.S. Court of Intern

Everything you hate about climate change virtue signaling in the most absurd story you'll read this year

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The New York Times somehow casts a Massachusetts couple who spent $7 million on building an oceanfront (second) home as environmental activists. Can't make it up. You’re gonna want to read this one on an empty stomach. Twenty-six times a year, The New York Times shows its commitment to the environment by offering readers “Living Small.” No, Living Small isn’t about the joys and trials of being height-challenged. It’s “a biweekly column exploring what it takes to lead a simpler, more sustainable or more compact life.” Seems the Times defines “sustainable” somewhat broadly, though. Thus today’s   Living Small : Their Cape Cod Home Isn’t Small, but Its Carbon Footprint Is — When I saw that headline, I paused to pull on my Tyvek suit before clicking through. I knew the unintentional irony and hypocrisy were about to get thick. But I had no idea how thick. In 2019, Michael and Jennifer Monteiro dropped $2.6 million on an oceanfront vacation house in Harwich, Massachusetts. Good for them