It’s Not Easy Going Green: Episode 1
A proposal for Space Needle-sized wind turbines near the Tri-Cities could be the opening salvo in Washington’s future green energy land battles.
Paul Krupin of Tri-Cities C.A.R.E.S. looks at a map on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, near Travis Road where wind turbines would be built as part of the Horse Heaven Hills wind and solar project near the Tri-Cities. (Emree Weaver for Cascade PBS)
As originally proposed, the Horse Heaven Hills wind farm would have built more than 200 wind turbines on a prominent ridgeline just south of Washington’s Tri-Cities.
After years of community backlash, litigation and former Governor Inslee’s veto of a controversial state council’s permitting decision, the project is still in limbo.
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Cascade PBS investigative reporter Brandon Block explains how a slew of resistance – including from homeowners, wildlife conservationists and the Yakama Nation – raises important questions about which concerns take precedence in the drive to kick fossil fuels.
Read Block’s investigation here.
