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Feds freeze new solar projects on public land, pending review |
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27 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 8:27 AM on 27 Jun 2008 The Bush administration has put a moratorium on new solar projects on public land pending large-scale study of their environmental impacts, a process which could take about two years. Since 2005, over 130 solar-plant proposals have been filed for large-scale solar projects that together would cover some 1 million acres of BLM land, if approved. Officials at the Interior Departm ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, public lands, solar thermal power, solar voltaic power, United States (all these topics) |
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