Department of Interior Makes Renewable Energy a Top Priority

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Posted On: April 2, 2009 by Tonkon Torp LLP

Department of Interior Makes Renewable Energy a Top Priority

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently issued a secretarial order that Department of Interior staff shall make production, development and delivery of renewable energy from public lands a top priority. Secretary Salazar formed an energy and climate change task force to prioritize and streamline permitting, environmental review, and transmission capacity development for renewable projects on federal land. See my March 17, 2009 blog for a prequel of this order, describing an agreement between the Bureau of Land Management (an Interior agency) and the Oregon Department of Energy to facilitate renewable energy development on federal lands in Oregon.

Post authored by David Petersen, partner practicing in the Sustainability and Real Estate and Land Use Groups.

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