AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY AND BLACK SWAMP BIRD OBSERVATORY V. DAN BROUILLETTE, US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; TODD T. SEMONITE, US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; AND RYAN D. MCCARTHY, US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Two conservation groups, the American Bird Conservancy and the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, filed suit against the United States Department of Energy and the Army Corps of Engineers, arguing that the environmental review of a proposed wind farm on Lake Erie was insufficient because it did not properly consider the harm the turbines could cause to birds. [To accompany Federal Case Law Update "Bird Groups Argue Wind Farm Could Harm Birds" from Brooks Animal Law Digest Issue No. 13]