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Official comments from The Wilderness Society on the Northern Pass Transmission line PDF

In June 2011, The Wilderness Society submitted the following comments on the proposed Northern Pass electric transmission line in New Hampshire.

Renewable Energy: Consistent Funding Needed to Build Smart Today, Compete Tomorrow PDF

Congressional budget battles will have major impacts on whether and how environmentally-friendly solar, wind, geothermal, and transmission facilities are built on public and private lands over the coming months and years.  Budget allocations in both the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) will shape how fast, how well, and ultimately how much needed new renewable energy is built in America. Consistent funding for critical programs even in these lean budget times is needed to build smart today and to compete in the global market of tomorrow.

State Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure Requirements Fact Sheet PDF

Although industry often claims that states are doing a sufficient job regulating the disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, this survey of state regulations shows that only one state has full public disclosure and three other states have mediocre policies.

Scoping Comments on Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Project PDF

These scoping comments were submitted by The Wilderness Society in January 2011 for the proposed Ocotillo Express Wind Energy Project.

Fair Market Value For Wind and Solar Development on Public Land Policy Brief PDF

A brief of a whitepaper written by federal lands consultant Pamela Baldwin commissioned by The Wilderness Society and Taxpayers for Common Sense to investigate what public land laws and regulations say about “fair market value” in the context of other federal resource programs and current federal wind and solar programs on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Testimony of Nada Culver before House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Hearing on Solar Energy Development PDF

Testimony presented by Nada Culver to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on solar energy development. The hearing occurred on September 24, 2009. 

Green Transmission Letters to Congress PDF

See the letters The Wilderness Society drafted to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, signed by 22 leading renewable energy companies, conservation, and other organizations, that asked our leaders to consider priorities when drafting new energy transmission legislation.

Carrizo Plain National Monument – Too Wild to Drill PDF

Since the area’s recognition as an important natural area, designation as a National Monument in 2001 and subsequent management as part of the BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System, the Carrizo Plain has benefited from management decisions including the reduction of oil and gas drilling and the implementation of critical conservation measures such as reduced grazing on the Carrizo and Elkhorn Plains.

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