Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has issued an order that will make the production, development, and delivery of renewable energy a top priority for the Interior Department, which oversees U.S. public lands. The order also establishes an energy and climate change task force that will "identify specific zones on U.S. public lands where [the] Interior can facilitate a rapid and responsible move to large-scale production of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy," the Department stated in a release.
The Secretary's announcement came just days after new bill was introduced in the Senate that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the power to grant permits for renewable energy power lines if states stall on granting the permits.
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