The Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandates two separate processes for designating energy corridors on public lands across the country. This fact sheet includes background information as well as the current planning status of each process.
This map shows how the designated West-wide energy corridors run directly to existing and proposed coal fired power plants, facilitating the continued reliance on this dirty fossil fuel.
The Western Governors' Association (WGA) released draft maps of proposed Qualified Resource Areas as part of its Western Renewable Energy Zones (WREZ) process. These comments provide WGA with information to help them further minimize environmental conflicts while promoting clean, renewable energy development in the West.
The Wilderness Society's BLM Action Center has put together a place by place analysis of locations and lands across the west impacted by the draft West-wide Energy Corridors project.
