Iowa
Iowa utility’s wind farm approved over objections from clean energy groups
Iowa regulators approved a 591 MW wind project for MidAmerican Energy over objections from environmental groups that want the utility to stop burning coal.
North Carolina
Will North Carolina cement wind energy ban in its lame duck session?
The state’s controversial wind ban is set to end Jan. 1, unless its author makes a push to extend it.
Ohio
Lawsuit: Ohio wind setbacks were adopted in violation of state constitution
The 11th-hour add-on to a 2014 state budget bill didn’t allow stakeholders to respond to proposal, a complaint says.
Illinois
How a county election in rural Illinois became a referendum on wind energy
In Ford County, Illinois, what would otherwise be a routine election for county board has drawn outside interest from activists both opposed to, and in favor of, wind energy.
Residents divided over wind energy plan for ‘pristine Upper Peninsula wilderness’
While wind energy is seeing pushback in other parts of Michigan, a project in the Upper Peninsula — largely benefiting a single landowner — could prove even more challenging.