Idaho has a crisis brewing in the Magic Valley area and every Idahoan in the state needs to pay attention. Lava Ridge is a proposed project on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land that would build up to 400 wind turbines, 7 substations, 248 miles of collector lines, 19 miles of transmission lines, 486 miles […]
This is what happens when the Feds own 62% of our land. Let’s take a trip down memory lane: To start we should discuss some of the great things that the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service have done for Idaho before we talk about these turbines. Do our elected federal Senators and Representatives in […]
It’s an easy sport for politicians to complain about Washington D.C. After all, D.C. is where so many ill-advised ideas are dreamt up and put into federal law, regulation, or judicial opinion. It’s much more difficult to find examples of federal overreach that everyone can agree on. The Lava Ridge Wind Project, however, is one […]
As many of you know, I and many others have been working tirelessly to put an end to the Lava Ridge Wind Project, currently under consideration for approval by the BLM. The multi-billion dollar corporation, LS Power – currently identified as Magic Valley Energy — is the purveyor of this atrocity coming to our land. […]
Please help stop the Salmon Falls and Lava Ridge Wind Farms projects. Please contact Governor Little and our Congressional Delegation and express strong opposition to these taxpayer paid for boondoggles. NONE OF THE ELECTRICITY STAYS IN IDAHO! THESE PROJECTS RAPE THE LANDS OF IDAHO! THERE ARE NO BENEFITS TO IDAHO! The many reasons are listed […]
Is Idaho still the “Gem” State? Do we as adventure lovers, farmers, hunters, ranchers, outdoor enthusiasts, and transplants really grasp the serious state of peril Idaho faces? I do and I pray to God that you do too. I have been traveling all over this beautiful State for the last few months. This experience has […]
Rain! Rain all day and all night. And cloudy weather for weeks on end. When the sun does not shine there is no power from solar panels. And, often when it is quite cold there is little wind to run the wind turbines. I have often thought that within the present administration there surely must […]
Comments by TeaPartyBob on this morning’s Kevin Miller Show on KIDO Talk Radio – 107.5 FM & 580 AM Good morning Kevin. I want to wish you a very happy birthday, my friend, and hope you will have many more. I want to thank you for letting us get the word out that the Gem […]
To Salmon, and to the economies of Washington and Oregon In the recent 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Columbia Riverkeeper V. Wheeler case, the 12-20-2019 decision is being touted by the print media and non-government organizations (NGO) as a decision that will require dam removal on the Snake and Columbia Rivers, contending that water in […]
Continuing with the second Western Governors Association (WGA) Reimagining the Rural West (RRW) workshop, held November 4 & 5 in Santa Fe, more details were revealed about the objectives to transform, not reimagine, rural communities. Up to this point, panel members are from areas or organizations where RRW objectives have been successfully implemented, the same […]
The congruence of private gain and social good in energy markets is reason to give thanks this holiday season. — Published with Permission of fee.org — Depletion … pollution … security … climate change. These flashpoints of energy sustainability have been invoked time and again to advocate forced (government) transformation away from fossil fuels. But […]
The CEO and board of Avista are trying to sell you out to a Canadian government-owned and managed utility, named Hydro One. Does that name sound familiar? Well it should, because it was started by the very same person that started Uranium One, Maurice Strong, the UN father of Green Energy and global warming hysteria. […]