Groups Fight Wisconsin Transmission Line

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February 12, 2021

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by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico’s Morning Energy)Conservation groups on Wednesday sued over the federal government’s approval of the 102-mile, $500 million Cardinal-Hickory Creek high-voltage transmission line that would carry electricity from renewables from Iowa to Wisconsin. The suit argues that the Agriculture Department’s Rural Utilities Service’s environmental study didn’t properly consider alternatives and that the Fish and Wildlife Service unlawfully granted a right-of-way through a refuge. READ MORE

Conservation Groups Sue Feds To Block $500M Power Line (Law360)

Researchers examined multiple strategies for achieving net-zero emissions (Politico’s Morning Energy)

Excerpt from Politico’s Morning Energy: Researchers examined multiple strategies for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 and concluded that the most cost-effective option has similar near-term targets as the recent National Academies study that advocated for increasing deployment of renewables, switching to electric vehicles and furnaces and building new transmission lines. (That NAS study also said the switch would require “unprecedented funding.”) READ MORE

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