As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward
clean energy sources, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell yesterday
announced the approval of two solar energy projects located near the
Nevada-California border that are expected to supply 550 megawatts of
renewable energy, enough to power about 170,000 homes, and support more
than 700 jobs through construction and operations. Yesterday’s approvals bring to 50 the number of utility-scale
renewable energy proposals and associated transmission that the Interior
Department has approved since 2009, including 27 solar, 11 wind, and 12
geothermal projects...more
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