They said that Geo W Butch never changes his mind in response to political pressure (i.e. public sentiment) or developing realities, but -- mirable dictu -- the Bureau of Land Management has decided not to require two years of study for the environmental impact of solar power on public lands.
Of course, if there was such a study, they could stack it on top of other environmental impact studies that say that clear cutting timber and strip mining coal and copper and burrowing big holes in the ground for conventional oil drilling or knocking out the sides of mountains containing oil shale may have an adverse effect on the environment.
Meanwhile, poet Fred Milton has some deep concerns about wind power.
(Note: A DuPont Circle policymanufacturer who is touchy about getting stringer credit is single-handled pushing the Beagle into covering energy issues more extensively than some readers might expect.)
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