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The Bureau of Land Management is making it easier to develop clean energy projects in the West, while trying to balance ecosystem protection — a tricky task. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3JxtEsB #renewableenergy #IRA #Biden #bureauoflandmanagement #publiclands

Bay St. George Newfoundland residents…. Please send in your comments of support For the World Energy GH2 / Project Nujio’qonik. The deadline for public comment is March 20, 2024. Comments to be sent to: EAProjectComments@gov.nl.ca Lets be loud and clear as we show our support and your desire to see this project go ahead for all the right; legitimate reasons: -HOPE FOR THE FUTURE! - keeping family home (for generations) -economic development and stability -environmental stewardship -good paying jobs -new green Industry -green energy development -tax base to support roads/schools/hospitals/infrastructure -keeping out towns ‘alive’ and prosperous… our population is aging; in 20 years many smaller communities in our region may not exist if we don’t create sustainable infrastructure/industries and jobs for the next generations. https://lnkd.in/e7euNUta

Update from the Great Divide For those not already following the story, the small, grass roots private group Rainforest Reserves Australia #RRA is the only environmental group I am aware of that is speaking up against the placement of large wind power developments on the ridge lines of Australia’s Great Dividing Range. The big-name environment organisations such as the Australian Conservation Foundation #ACF, Friends of the Earth #FoE, #WWF, #Greenpeace, and all of the others remain silent (although apparently it is ‘standard practice’ to take credit when the minister rejects an application, as happened recently at #Chalumbin). RRA have recently released a short video ad on the issue: SAVE THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE https://lnkd.in/gF8fjw4T What’s your view on this issue? If commenting, please indicate if you consider yourself an environmentalist, and if you are an Australian, in #Australia, or come with an international perspective.

“A lot of us out here are #ranchers, #farmers, #landowners, and we're really the first #environmentalists,” Jiblits said. “We have to take care of the land because the land is what takes care of us.” The local concern of Elbert County residents isn’t unique: Across the U.S. local resistance has slowed many states’ push for a clean energy transition, and community opposition is one of the top reasons developers have written off projects over the years. While other states have passed laws to restrict local control over clean energy projects, lead sponsor of the bill, State Sen. Chris Hansen, D-Denver, said he believes the amended legislation will make Colorado stand out as a leader in the nationwide race to renewable energy. “There’s been bills like this that have been much more top-down control in other states, and that's led to lawsuits and lots of problems,” he said. “What we are trying to do instead is to show the rest of the country, ‘Hey, here's how we do it.’ We’re working together, bringing together the right experts at the right time, and bolstering local control to really show the rest of the country that [#Colorado] can be successful.” #XcelEnergy #renewableenergy #siting #projectsiting #community #consultation #landuse #utilities #localgovernments #legislation #transmission #permitting https://lnkd.in/gR6dZMdQ

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed a roadmap to expand solar energy projects on public lands. As a part of Western solar plan, proposed and published in 2012, this plan is the updated version which now extends to 31 million acres. Administration has made this possible by releasing data on improved permitting process.  The proposed Western Solar Plan is a step toward the goal of achieving a 100% clean electricity grid by 2035. Further, as per the BLM, the plan strategically directs development towards areas near existing transmission lines or previously disturbed lands, minimizing impact on protected lands, cultural resources, and critical wildlife habitats. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gYenikUZ . . #USA #USASolar #solargardenlamp #solarpanel #solarlightsoutdoor #sustainability #sustainabilitymatters #offgrid #ecofriendly #cleanenergy #georgia #atlanta #atlantasolar #georgiasolar #beyondsolar #beyondsolarga

Take a look at what Labor have approved, Liberals supported, in the Eungella National Park zone, Mackay’s hinterland, in Nth Queensland! The Eungella is Australia’s platypus central. But platypus central, is about to be raped and pillaged by vandals! Much of the Eungella region will be ripped up and rooted, thousands of hectares of natural rainforest and native habitats, including water catchments critical for water conservation into the future, will be destroyed! Why? To enable millions of dollars worth of China made “renewables”, wind and solar farms, to be erected where once lived wildlife and tropical, native hardwood rainforests (will probably be logged and shipped to mates in China, on the side in return for cash donations to the Labor Party). Why solar and wind farms in coal country? Why, to “power” the waterpumps of the “pumped hydro battery” to pump water uphill, so that it can run downhill to turn generators, that might provide consumers with electricity when they don’t need it, ie. nightime or when its raining - for 1-2 hours some days. The pumped hydro dams, upper/lower and the tunnelling in between, along with the grid connected solar and wind farms, will take millions of tonnes of concrete and steel, to construct these environmental monstrosities. Who pays? Stop it

What happened Equinor and bp? Is offshore wind going to kick off? Or is the act over? State of Connecticut Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection State of Rhode Island Rhode Island Commerce The State of New York NYSERDA Connecticut Port Authority Gateway Terminal #makeithere #offshorewind #usoffshorewind #newlondon #cleaneconomy #cleanenergy #marshaling #maritime #heavylift #greeneconomy #blueeconomy #collaboration Christopher Martin 🇺🇸 Sven Jensen

Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management took an important and encouraging step for expediting the permitting for development of America's vast #geothermal #cleanenergy resources on federal lands. Read Nick Loris's article to learn more about what this could mean. #energy #environmentalpolicy #NEPA

"Ørsted is treating Block Island very differently than other communities its projects will impact. For example, Ørsted committed $170 million to Brookhaven, New York and $29 million to the Town of East Hampton to mitigate the temporary negative impacts of burying a power cable. By contrast Ørsted and BOEM offered the Town virtually nothing except a hodgepodge of nonsensical mitigation measures, such as weed-whacking the Lighthouse parking lot. Indeed, the paltry mitigation offered for the adverse effects of hundreds of turbines falls significantly short of the modest mitigation provided to the Island for the construction of just five turbines that comprise the Block Island Wind Farm." https://lnkd.in/ehV9cUb6

Partner Charles Howland was quoted in an article entitled, “Brownfields to Brightfields: Landfills are Primed for Solar” published in Law360. The article examines making better use of landfills, which often take up space in neighborhoods and remain unused for decades. Some ideas include adding solar farms and other renewables on top of landfills. To read the full article, please click below. #environmentallaw #renewableenergy