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Smarter solar energy - where are the right lands to put solar?

Heliostats for concentrating solar power

Credit: Langalex, Flickr

What do solar energy and real estate have in common? Location, location, location. Our western public lands are home to beautiful wildlands and wildlife habitat, as well as some of the best solar resources in the world.  While building large-scale solar projects on appropriate sites can create jobs, boost the economy and help tackle the threat of climate change, we want to make sure they don’t have negative impacts on cherished wildlands and wildlife habitat. Read more

Solar Decathlon 2011 – 19 designs to save wild lands

The annual Solar Decathlon was held on the on the National Mall in Washington DC through the beginning of October, and while the solar-rooftops and rain gardens might not directly showcasing ways to conserve our natural spaces and wild places, each of the unique designs in the competition show how saving energy can save land. Read more

Energy Efficiency Gains Mean More Jobs - Bill Meadows in the National Journal

This week, National Journal has a very interesting topic for its Energy & Environment blog series: Where does energy fit into President Obama’s jobs plan? The Wilderness Society President Bill Meadows argues for including clean energy investments like energy efficiency retrofits and responsible deployment of renewable energy in any jobs plan.  Read more at the National Journal Read more

Victory with a Capital “T”

Think of the extra-high voltage transmission grid like the interstate highway system—and take yourself back to the 1950’s when the idea of connecting the nation’s citizen and commerce through a vast road network was nothing more than lines on a map.  Read more

Delivering a clean energy message to Ireland’s Prime Minister

I can hardly believe the trip is already over!  The jet lag has worn off, but the warm feelings for Ireland and the people I met while there have not.  An incredible place with some of the nicest folks I’ve ever encountered, and scenery that will knock your wool socks right off. Read more

Lining things up for renewable energy done right

How frequently do ten states and fifteen environmental groups join forces on the same issue? Not often, unless you happen to be talking about the exciting world of transmission. Read more

Wise planning will aid blueprint for national approach to solar energy

Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management

Just before Thanksgiving, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Deputy Secretary David Hayes each talked about "wise” and “smart” planning for development of our nation’s renewable energy resources. Their comments were about a new program for off-shore wind in the Atlantic, but they could have just as easily been talking about on-shore wind and solar development. Read more