Source: www.nashuatelegraph.com --- Saturday, October 29, 2011
LOS ANGELES ? The Obama administration on Thursday announced its plan for solar Energy development, directing large-scale industrial projects to 285,000 acres of desert in the Western U.S. while opening 20 million acres of the Mojave for development. The Bureau of Land Management?s ?solar Energy zones? are intended to make some of the desert?s most sensitive landscapes less desirable for solar prospecting by identifying ?sweet spots? that already have passed environmental requirements and therefore promise expedited permitting, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said. ?These 445 square miles of zones are ... where development will be driven,? Salazar said. The 17 solar Energy zones in six western states ? including two large areas in California ? were identified by their absence of major environmental or cultural conflicts. ...
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