California Speeds Up Clean Energy Permits Before its Too Late
January 18th, 2012 | by Susan Kraemer
In a much-needed effort to speed up the permitting required to build all the new renewable energy projects being proposed in the state, California Governor Jerry Brown plans to add four positions at the state Department of Fish and Game, along with funding for outside experts. It's intended to ease the bureaucratic delays that have long aggravated developers; industry and environmental groups told Climatewire. Kim Delfino, California program director for Defenders of Wildlife said Fish and Game "just didn't have the bodies to deal with all the
