GREEN RIVER, Wyo. (AP) - The Sweetwater County Commission has approved a temporary halt to applications for commercial wind farms.

The county has not met state standards for wind farm zoning. Commission Chairman Wally Johnson tells the Rock Springs Rocket-Miner that the county is not ready for any new wind farm projects.

Johnson also questioned whether he was willing to sacrifice the county's "wide-open spaces" to the turbines, but said he is not "categorically against" wind energy.

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