Public claims are being made how the Department of Transportation under then-Secretary Pete Buttigieg ignored safety concerns about approving dozens of windmill projects near the nation’s highways and railroads.
Drive across Oklahoma and there are numerous wind farms located adjacent to interstates and highways. Whether the warnings pertained to them is unknown. But it’s reported that 33 safety recommendations to place wind turbines well clear of the critical infrastructure were overruled in 2023 and 2024, according to a current department official, permitting the projects to be built close enough to possibly interfere with vital radio communications.
One example was the Heritage Prairie Wind Energy Project in Illinois where the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications Information Administration informed the developer seeking regulatory approval that “the turbine locations that fall within the one-to-three-mile boundary of these rails may be problematic for train communications in this area and present an undue risk.”
“Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg put climate religion ahead of safety — blatantly ignoring engineers who warned of the danger of constructing wind turbines near railroads and highways,” professed current Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. “That’s why I’m immediately implementing a higher standard of safety. What the past administration did is a shame, but it’s a pattern for Biden and Buttigieg.”
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