Saturday, March 21, 2009

Why are Western nations sabotaging home sourced and alternative energy options?

From Her Royal Whyness

Now three recent articles beg the question . . .Why are Western nations sabotaging home sourced and alternative energy options?

Feinstein seeks block solar power from desert land   enews.earthlink.net
 

WASHINGTON - California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and its tortoise population is setting up a potential clash between conservationists and companies seeking to develop renewable energy.

Nineteen companies have submitted applications to build solar or wind facilities on a parcel of 500,000 desert acres, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Friday such development would violate the spirit of what conservationists had intended when they donated much of the land to the public.

Feinstein said Friday she intends to push legislation that would turn the land into a national monument, which would allow for existing uses to continue while preventing future development.

The Wildlands Conservancy orchestrated the government's purchase of the land between 1999-2004.



Obama threatens to bankrupt the coal industry, blocks leases to American drilling interests and now from the UK . . .

Government halts solar energy grants

Campaigners say closure of solar energy scheme makes mockery of pledge to build low carbon economy



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The story of renewable energy in the west is being misconstrued as recieving opposition from conservationists. The real story is that conservationists are supportive of renewable energy in appropriate areas inculding disturbed or impacted lands and lands closer to urban load centers. Unfortunately many energy and utility companies are using the benefits of renewable energy as an excuse to blade thousands of acres of pristine remote public lands to make a profit. Instead these companies should be purchasing private land near existing transmission corridors and close to the load centers to create maximum benefit for consumers, the public and our lands.