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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (10762)7/6/2009 7:43:51 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) of 86355
 
In a Small Fish, a Large Lesson In Renewable Energy's

By STEPHEN POWER
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wants to boost the nation's production of energy from the sun as part of an effort to double renewable power generation in three years. Among the obstacles to Mr. Obama's agenda: the imperiled Devil's Hole pupfish.

Patrick Putnam is a field manager for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in southern Nevada. His job is to help the government decide whether the dozens of solar-energy projects that companies have proposed building on federal land in his jurisdiction pose undue environmental risks.

After reviewing some applications for as long as 18 months, Mr. Putnam's office hasn't approved any. He says his office hopes to make decisions on at least three by the end of 2010, but that will be "a monumental task."

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