Wind-farm plan halted for bats
Turbines would harm endangered species, judge says
Posted: December 13, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.
In a rare court case that pits environmentalists against each other, a federal judge in Maryland has halted expansion of a West Virginia wind farm, saying its large turbines would kill endangered Indiana bats.
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Business, Pages 83 on 12/13/2009
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