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USA - November 1 2012
On October 12, 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar signed the Record of Decision (ROD) approving the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (Final Solar PEIS).
USA - September 4 2012
Earlier this year, the Navy, Army, and Air Force committed to deploy three gigawatts total of renewable energy on service installations by 2025.
USA - August 20 2012
In early March, we discussed Section 428 of the 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which directed the establishment of a pre-decisional objection process to replace the Forest Service post-decisional administrative appeals process under 36 C.F.R. part 215 for administrative appeals related to “projects and activities implementing land management plans and documented with a Record of Decision (ROD) or Decision Notice (DN)”.
USA - August 10 2012
On July 27, 2012, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as joint lead agencies announced the availability of the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States (Final Solar PEIS).
USA - July 9 2012
This year has brought a flurry of activity under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act), 16 U.S.C. §§ 668-668(d), as the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has taken steps to expand take authorization to facilitate renewable energy project development consistent with preserving populations of bald and golden eagles.
