This article is well-written and poses some important questions for our lawmakers in Congress about the lack of support for renewable energy vs. the continued backing of fossil fuels. If our federal government is serious about establishing energy security, they need to support solar energy; the approach being taken here by the Bureau of Land Management is a clear sign that our leaders are either sellouts or just plain dumb, maybe both. My only complaint is that the author is too ... More »

I've heard this argument before. But this piece presents the irony well. It's okay to drill for oil in sensitive wildlife habitats. But putting up solar arrays that--as far as I know--have never damaged the environment at all, has to be studied. One energy source they know how to make money off of, the other somebody else will profit from. So they're pushing the first. Couldn't be more obvious, as this story points out very effectively.

This article raises political questions about the Federal decision to stop granting new solar permits on federal land. What I have not seen is why the media is so slow to report this story, when the announcement came last month. I would also like to see a comparison of U.S. v.s. European policy, given the threat of some U.S. comanies to build in Europe instead.