In a parting shot at the competition for its fossil fuels supporters, the uber-lame (duck) Bush administration "has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years."
- Drilling for oil and gas, even in pristine areas -- hey, we’re former oil company executives.
- Leveling mountains in beautiful West Virginia -- we’re all for it.
- Toxic metals from mining -- bring ‘em on!
- Logging old-growth forests -- what so you think forests are for?
But solar power on publicly owned desert land? We need to study that for two years. Wouldn’t want to risk a rush to clean energy. As Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said, this is "the wrong signal to send to solar power developers, and to Nevadans and Westerners who need and want clean, affordable sun-powered electricity soon."
The only upside of this lame last-minute attack on renewables is that it can be overturned on January 21, 2009.
This post was created for ClimateProgress.org, a project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
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morganmghee Posted 8:29 am
27 Jun 2008
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HiTension Posted 11:10 am
27 Jun 2008
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/27/01236/3260
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GreyFlcn Posted 4:16 pm
27 Jun 2008
New Bush Directives Exempt Oil & Gas from Environmental Impact on BLM lands
06/15/2008 Denver Post
Bush prepares parting shots on National Forests, Parks and BLM lands
The Bush administration is pressing in its waning months in office to implement a spate of rule and policy changes that could reshape the face of the West.
The changes at the federal Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would open tracts to development while removing protections for land and species.
The most visible of the Bush administration moves in Colorado was the BLM's decision last week to open 52,000 acres of the Roan Plateau to oil and gas leasing. The lease sale is scheduled for August.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_9589531
Do I smell hypocrisy?
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amazingdrx Posted 4:34 pm
27 Jun 2008
http://www.wikiality.com/Scooter_Libby
He's worse than Scooter.
http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin
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Delay And Deny Posted 4:41 pm
27 Jun 2008
Look and see how they thwart Hydrogen technologies.
The H2 Delayers and Deniers want you to use up National Forests for Solar/Wind "farms"!!!
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Biodiversivist Posted 12:48 am
28 Jun 2008
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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sunflower Posted 1:02 am
28 Jun 2008
These was a time when I would be called nuts if I claimed the government, controlled by oil, was suppressing solar energy. It is astonishing they are out of the closet.
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Wolverine Posted 4:19 am
28 Jun 2008
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