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Environment
Groups seek federal ruling on WVa wind farmPublished 06/12/09
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Environmental and animal rights groups are asking a federal judge to require the developer of a West Virginia wind farm to comply with the Endangered Species Act because of the potential harm to the endangered Indiana bat.
The Animal Welfare Institute and Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy say Beech Ridge Energy LLC should be required to obtain a federal permit because the spinning blades of its 124-turbine wind farm could kill bats living and migrating through the area.
The institute is a Washington, D.C.-based animal protection organization. Mountain Communities is based in Williamsburg,...
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