Political Headwinds Turn Against Wind Farms in Southeast Montana

Eastern Montana landowners in limbo as wind project meets political headwinds

When Donald Trump again became president in January, terms favoring new renewable energy development in Montana were put on pause, starting with a Trump administration freeze on a $700 million grant for a new transmission line across southeast Montana and…

Political headwinds turn against wind farms in southeast Montana

TERRY — The landman who knocked on Rolane Christofferson’s door in 2018 didn’t have to give her a hard sell on the compatibility of wind farms and cattle, or how she would adapt to hosting a structure on her property taller than Montana’s tallest building, the 20-story First Interstate Bank Center in Billings.  This story also appeared in Glendive Ranger-Review Christofferson’s challenges cast longer shadows. The bills for…