The Wilderness Society released a western poll on voters' attitudes toward renewable-energy development on public lands Wednesday that showed broad support of solar and wind energy programs.
Westerners of all political persuasions, ages and genders would like to see the federal government return royalty revenue from solar- and wind-power operations on public lands to the communities close to those facilities.
MILFORD, Beaver County — A poll released Wednesday shows an overwhelming majority of voters in 11 Western states support developing renewable energy on public lands and favor ways to return some of the earnings for conservation or recreational opportunities.
That red line is the median Arctic ice extent from 1979-2000. The rate at which ice has shrunk since then has taken scientists by surprise—as the BBC notes, climatologists were forced to reassess the date at which we'd see the first ice-free Arctic summer.
Environmentalists are scrambling to submit comments on a draft federal study of the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project after the Bureau of Land Management denied formal requests for a 60-day extension of the public comment period.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Roger L. Hunt means the 13-year-old case is likely to grind on for some time yet unless those involved reach a new agreement. Hunt encouraged all sides to do that.