Osage Nation fights to remove wind farm
The U.S. government and Osage Nation are opposing a bid by Enel Green Power North America to stay a $4.2 million judgment requiring the removal of 84 wind turbines from the Osage reservation. A federal judge ruled the company trespassed by using minerals without a lease. Enel argues for a narrower remedy, but the Osage Minerals Council seeks a $50 million bond if the stay is granted. The case is now before the Tenth Circuit.
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