Osage Nation Wins in Court; Wind Company Ordered to Remove 84 Turbines

This case is a rare assertion of autonomy for rural and tribal communities facing off against aggressive government-backed renewable energy companies.

A federal court in Tulsa has again handed a hard-fought victory to the Osage Nation in their bid to remove a wind farm from tribal land.

In her ruling, US District Court Judge Jennifer Chloe-Graves wrote:

Defendants are liable for continuing trespass and shall remove the wind farm from the Osage Mineral Estate and return the Osage Mineral Estate to its pr…