Posted by Johanna Wald in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
On February 7, 2009, the New York Times carried a story on the obstacles facing new transmission lines. According to the story, the Interior Department took a year to approve one line "crossing a wild river and required a $5...continued→
Posted by Johanna Wald in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
The West's renewable energy resource potential is huge. According to the Western Electricity Coordinating Council the wind potential alone exceeds the total U.S. energy demand. According to National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the solar potential of the southwest is more than...continued→
Posted by Johanna Wald in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
NRDC's new Google Earth layer does an unprecedented job of identifying places where renewable energy development is inappropriate. But it's important to recognize the limitations of what we've done. We have not - I repeat not - greenlighted any lands...continued→
Posted by Johanna Wald in Moving Beyond Oil
The citizens of this country own millions of acres of land that are managed on our behalf by federal agencies. Millions of other publicly-owned acres are managed by state agencies. The federal lands in particular include places that are world...continued→
Posted by Johanna Wald in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Until recently I've spent my entire career at NRDC - more than 30 years! - advocating for protection of America's public lands from damaging human activities like coal mining, oil and gas drilling, road building and the like. Yet, for...continued→
