Irene Gilbert is a 76-year-old retired state employee on a mission, fighting energy projects like large wind farms in Oregon’s rural communities. Renewable energy advocates and lawmakers treat activists like her as gadflies who should be stopped.

What those lawmakers didn’t plan for was that 50 years later, an Oregon citizen activist would use that same bureaucracy to hinder some of the very energy projects that today’s liberals want: wind farms and the new high-voltage lines needed to support them.

They didn’t plan for Irene Gilbert.

The 76-year-old retired state employee, former gun store owner and avid elk hunter from La Grande, Oregon, is on a mission to keep turbines and transmission towers from blighting the rural landscape. She has filed more challenges to energy projects — 15 in all, including lawsuits — than anyone in the state, according to Oregon’s Department of Energy.

“I kind of have a reputation,” Gilbert said.

  • Nightlight@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I just have a thing for lidar and lasers. somebody recently made something similar for anti mosquito purposes. When I start thinking about microwave my brain goes to search and rescue applications. I bet there’s a way that we can find the vital signs of buried patients for triage reasons. i cannot wait to get to school

    Edit* ideally I’ll do it without cooking the patient. But if it comes down to you being rescued or being cooked a little bit what do you think you’ll prefer? Lidar might be a better idea for this