Court Rejects Effort to Block Wind Farm In Vermont's Green Mountain National Forest

摘要

A federal district court has denied an environmental group's effort to block a wind farm from being installed in Vermont's Green Mountains, a project that has been a priority for Obama administration efforts to increase the number of renewable energy projects on public lands (Vermonters for a Clean Env't v. U.S. Forest Service, D. Vt., No. 1:12-cv-73, 12/24/14). The Dec. 24 ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont denied the environmental group's motion for summary judgment and essentially rejected all of the plaintiff's claims. The court concluded the Forest Service complied with the National Environmental Policy Act's procedural requirements and that the service's permit decision was well within its discretion.