(The Center Square) – Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee has approved a revised Site Certification Agreement for the Horse Heaven Wind Farm Project in Benton County.
The project is to be located just south of the Tri-Cities, where residents and local leaders are not giving up the fight against the massive wind turbine and solar array project.
As previously reported by The Center Square, a group called Tri-Cities CARES has argued the gigantic turbines, up to 671 feet tall, will destroy landscape views, endanger a fragile species – the ferruginous hawk – and impact Native American cultural sites.
“This monstrous wind and solar project is designed to cover more than 72,000 acres, or over 100 square miles of the Horse Heaven Hills too close to over 300,000 residents,” wrote TCC.
In a Sunday Facebook post soliciting donations, the organization said it’s launching “a legal battle to prevent the Tri-Cities from being significantly impacted by the Horse Heaven Hills Wind and Solar Project.”