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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: RetiredNow who wrote (545195)1/20/2010 8:46:27 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 1575622
 
Democrats have blocked wind development offshore MA and solar projects in the Mojave:

Feinstein kills CA solar & wind power

Desert Vistas vs. Solar Power
Reed Saxon/Associated Press

The solar developer BrightSource Energy has canceled one solar-energy project in the Mojave Desert, above, but is proceeding with several others.

By TODD WOODY
Published: December 21, 2009
AMBOY, Calif. — Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation in Congress on Monday to protect a million acres of the Mojave Desert in California by scuttling some 13 big solar plants and wind farms planned for the region.
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“This is arguably the best solar land in the world, and Senator Feinstein shouldn’t be allowed to take this land off the table without a proper and scientific environmental review,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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[ Kennedy doesn't mention his own families involvement in scuttling wind power offshore NE. ]

nytimes.com

I defy you to find examples of Republicans killing such projects.
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