BLM's new mission: Protect landscape in West's 'sea of solar'
As massive solar farms spread out across the desert, the Bureau of Land Management is tasked with balancing development with preserving plants and wildlife.
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As massive solar farms spread out across the desert, the Bureau of Land Management is tasked with balancing development with preserving plants and wildlife.
The Bureau of Land Management proposes to add 5.4 million acres in five states that would be eligible for streamlined permitting of utility-scale solar
The 470-mile-long Greenlink West transmission line could cut across a Nevada national monument that preserves the fossils of long-extinct species like the
Governors' Wind Energy Coalition Solar Power’s Land Grab Hits a Snag: Environmentalists Source: By Jim Carlton and photographs by Bridget Bennett, Wall Street Journal • Posted: Sunday, June 6, 2021 Mojave Desert residents say they support clean energy, but not giant projects, citing threat to tortoises and views MOAPA VALLEY, Nev.—This windswept desert community is full of clean energy supporters including Suzanne Rebich, an airline pilot who recently topped her house with 36 solar panels. About 200 homes generate their own solar energy and a quarter of the local e...