The Hypocrisy Amazes Me -- BLM Fast Tracks Proven Golden Eagle / Whooping Crane Killers; Holds Up Any Project That Might Threaten A Sage Grouse; Oil Company Fined for Killing a Single Sandplover During Worse Spring Flood In Decades

The hypocrisy amazes me.

BLM fast-tracks proven golden eagle and whooping crane killers, but will hold up any project that threatens a sage grouse.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will fast-track three Wyoming wind energy projects in 2012, although representatives from the BLM’s state office say the projects were already considered priorities.

The BLM named the Sand Hills Ranch, Chokecherry/Sierra Madre and White Mountain projects among 17 renewable energy priority projects in four states due to receive increased focus next year.

The BLM’s 2012 priority list also includes solar, wind and hydropower projects in Arizona, Nevada and California.

The 1,000-turbine Chokecherry and Sierra Madre Wind Energy Project is proposed by Denver-based Anschutz Corp. subsidiary Power Co. of Wyoming for south of Rawlins. It is the largest wind farm on the BLM’s list.

Two words: Sierra Club.