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Freeze On US Solar Plant Applications Lifted

Posted by timothy on from the it-would-have-melted-eventually dept.

necro81 writes "Barely a month ago, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a freeze on applications for solar power plants on federally managed land, pending a two-year comprehensive environmental review. After much hue and cry from the public, industry, and other parts of government, BLM has today announced that it will lift the freeze, but continue to study the possible environmental effects. To date, no solar project has yet been approved on BLM land."

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  1. Better than more Nuke Plants by Bruha · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can not understand why people say nuclear is safe. I would accept fusion plants not fission plants. One fission plant going critical with the right weather system overhead could render North America uninhabitable. Is anyone willing to take that chance? We already know what Chernobyl did to people. Why build more?? Invest in something safe and that will work, not something that works and could kill billions. Remember these nuclear plants are ran by for profit businesses. Just like our food supply is grown by for profit businesses and that's clearly not working lately.