The Bureau of Land Management, at the behest of the Biden Administration, approved two major solar projects at a Riverside County site on Tuesday, with a third likely to be approved soon.
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order earlier this year pushing for 25 gigawatts of onshore renewable energy by 2025, setting a goal of creating a carbon pollution free energy sector by 2035.
To get around the block in Congress, the Biden Administration used federal authority through the BLM on Tuesday to move forward with two major solar projects in California.
The $689 million Arica and Victory Pass solar projects are to be located east of Desert Center in Riverside County, located solely on federal land.
"Renewable energy projects like Arica and Victory Pass on public lands create good-paying jobs and are crucial in achieving the Biden-Harris administration's goal of a carbon pollution-free power sector by 2035," noted BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning in a statement on Tuesday.
"As the Interior Department continues to lead the Biden-Harris administration's all-of-government approach toward its ambitious renewable energy goals, we know that onshore solar projects like those being advanced today will help communities across the country be part of the climate solution while creating good-paying union jobs," added Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday.
While the BLM and Interior Department praised the projects on Tuesday, as did some local groups like construction outfits, which stand to gain from large projects, many others denounced the plans as going against the wishes of the public, being a nuisance for the locals, and actually hurting desert conservation projects in the area.
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Biden Administration Orders Two $689 Million Solar Projects In Southern California
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