Wind-Energy Development and the Greater Sage Grouse: Slowed Growth of an Industry and the Decline of a Chicken-Like Bird

This thesis examines the growing tension between the rapid expansion of wind energy development and long-standing concerns about protecting certain animal species; in this case, the sage grouse. It is suggested that the continued growth of the wind industry requires the streamlining of the siting process. In particular, an effective streamline must be predicated on Federal policy which places priority in the deployment of wind development-even in the face of a bird species in peril.

Author

• Litz, Sean Sebastian

Language

• en

Keyword

• Wind Energy
• Renewable Energy
• NEPA
• Endangered Species Act
• Sage Grouse
• candidate species

Date created

• 2010

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Environmental Law

Degree

• LL.M.

Advisor

• Paddock, LeRoy C

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/cf95jb62q