Largest US Solar Power Plant Will Be Built On Public Land. Is That A Problem?
The largest solar power plant in the United States will be constructed on federal land northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. The $1 billion project will include battery storage.
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Federal Judge Blocks Drilling On Public Lands In Wyoming
A federal judge ruled this week that the government did not adequately assess the impact of greenhouse gases from oil and gas leases on public lands and blocked any drilling activities temporarily.
A Tale Of Two Americas — States Turn To Courts To Curb Rampant Partisanship
The governors of California and New York are threatening legal action against the Republican tax bill and administration plans to cut methane capture rules put in place by the Obama administration. Is government by trial any way to run a country?
Federal Court Faults Bureau Of Land Management For Coal Mine Climate Analysis
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver earlier this month ruled that the country’s Bureau of Land Management must reassess its analysis of the climate impacts of expanding two huge coal mines in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, finding that the existing analysis which led to approval for expansion to be “glaringly insufficient.”
All Fracking Is Local
As the BLM tries to block an Obama rule that would protect drinking water on public lands, citizens in western Pennsylvania are taking direct action to block fracking operations and preserve their water supply from state sponsored pollution.
Trump Executive Order Practices Are Dismantling Decades Of Environmental Protections
Executive order after executive order to dissolve environmental protections: that’s what a large part of the Trump first 100 days has been like.
BLM Saves Desert Solar From Trump
Within days after the catastrophic electoral college win of an autocrat with promised climate ruin, the Obama Administration Bureau of Land Management (BLM) finalized new competitive auctions for desert solar leases with the same safeguards as those for oil and gas leases.
US Government Forecloses Renewable Energy Opportunities In Southern California
The United States Bureau of Land Management has published a plan which renewable energy and labor groups have claimed will “effectively foreclose” the development of renewable energy resources on millions of acres of federally managed land in Southern California. According to the US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the Bureau of … [continued]
Solar Scorecard Shows Marked Improvement In Industry CSR
Originally published on the ECOreport The Silicon Valley Toxic Coalition (SVTC) has been grading the solar industry since 2009, and aside from SolarWorld, “which always had an interest in corporate social responsibility,” there was very little disclosure when they started. A lot has changed since then and the newly released sixth … [continued]
US Government Moves Forward With California Desert Renewable Energy Plan
The first step in a long-term plan to utilize 22 million acres of California’s desert for renewable energy use was started earlier this month by the US Government. On November 10, the US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel, in collaboration with California Secretary for Natural Resources John Laird, revealed the … [continued]
