Retired Gun Shop Lady Battles Oregon’s Future One Lawsuit At A Time
Oregon’s pioneer anti-nuclear laws accidentally birthed Irene Gilbert, 76, a retired state employee turned green energy speed bump. She’s filed more challenges—15 including lawsuits—to slow wind farms and power lines across the state, claiming, 'I figure I can lose a thousand cases' but still making a difference. Once running a gun store, now fighting turbines with government rulebooks, Gilbert’s mix of elk hunting grit and legal savvy turns 'green energy advocates' nightmares into a bureaucratic circus. Oregon’s green progress stalled? Blame the system and 'an old lady who has access to a computer.'
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When your state's green future is held hostage by a 76-year-old ex-gun store owner armed with regulation manuals—Oregon, still the wild wild west of windmills. #NotAllHeroesWearCapeknownForm
Green energy in Oregon slowed down by a grandma who fights turbines like she’s avenging the last episode of her favorite soap opera. Welcome to bureaucracy meets badassery.
If cleaning up the planet can be stalled by one old lady with a laptop, maybe bureaucrats are the real renewable resource here.
Source: Propublica | Published: 8/14/2025 | Author: by Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting
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