Division of Interior must prioritise renewables on public lands

Nov 17, 2020 02:42 PM ET
  • The United States Department of the Interior ought to promote brand-new solar projects by prioritising their development on public lands, a leading Democrat authorities has stated.

Speaking with Reuters, US Representative Deb Haaland-- apparently a competitor to lead the Department of the Interior within a Biden management-- stated renewable resource deployment on federal lands must be enabled to increase at the expenditure of nonrenewable fuel source generation which incumbent President Donald Trump has actually supported.

Haaland promoted modifications to leasing methods in order to promote tidy power sources, saying the eco-friendly field to be one that "holds a fantastic future for numerous Americans".

Prioritising solar implementation on public lands is a key ask within the Solar Energy Industries Alliance's (SEIA) checklist of suggested policy actions for the inbound Biden management.


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