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Rep. Mike Simpson said the measure blocks the Lava Ridge Wind Project until the Secretary of the Interior takes certain steps.
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The plan would streamline solar project applications, including in Idaho.
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The nation’s top scientists recently laid out a roadmap for achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, a goal set by the Biden administration.
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When Lava Ridge Wind Project was proposed in 2018, it was the first of its kind for public lands in Idaho. Now the BLM is processing 14 renewable energy applications in the state.
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Officials broke ground recently on an ambitious power line project that will move renewable energy across our region. The 732-mile TransWest will supply electricity to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and other areas. It's one way the Biden Administration is hoping to achieve 100 percent clean energy by 2035.
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The county wants time to put new zoning regulations in place as it sees an increased interest in wind and solar development.
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The Bureau of Land Management has received more than 7,500 comments so far on what would be Idaho's largest wind farm if it's approved as soon as this fall.
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The Biden administration has approved a major high-voltage power line designed to deliver renewable energy from the Mountain West to population centers in the Southwest.
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The wind project is exactly the type the Biden Administration says is needed to transition the country’s energy supply away from fossil fuels. But locals are opposed.
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The report comes in the middle of the federal agency’s timeline of assessing the proposal from energy company Magic Valley Energy, a subsidiary of LS Power, to build up to 400 turbines on federal land northeast of Twin Falls.