Retired Gun Shop Lady Battles Oregonâs Future One Lawsuit At A Time
Oregonâs pioneer anti-nuclear laws accidentally birthed Irene Gilbert, 76, a retired state employee turned green energy speed bump. Sheâs filed more challengesâ15 including lawsuitsâto 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, Gilbertâs mix of elk hunting grit and legal savvy turns 'green energy advocates' nightmares into a bureaucratic circus. Oregonâs 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 manualsâOregon, still the wild wild west of windmills. #NotAllHeroesWearCapeknownForm
Green energy in Oregon slowed down by a grandma who fights turbines like sheâs 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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