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Sen. Sanders' pressure on Bush Admin to repeal solar energy moratorium succeeds

Submitted by AmyW on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 3:21pm.

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by Amy Weiss

At a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) encouraged the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to reverse a moratorium on solar energy projects issued last month. The same day, the BLM did exactly that, citing "public interest."

The moratorium halted the acceptance of application for solar projects on public land, pending an investigation on the effects of solar energy, expected to take about two years. Critics of the moratorium believe an investigation is important, but progress does not have to be stalled to complete it.

Sen. Sanders criticized the moratorium at the beginning of the hearing, then received word of the change in BLM policy halfway through. In a statement Sen. Sanders said, "I congratulate the bureau for making the change and for understanding the enormous potential of solar energy," and encouraged them to allocate more resources to efficiently process applications.

Sen. Sanders has been touring solar power plants in Nevada and announced Tuesday he would be sponsoring a bill to give private home and business owners financial incentives to install solar rooftop panel units, setting a goal of 10 million in ten years.

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Hartmann show daily archive

Submitted by Ken duerksen on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 5:59am.
http://www.whiterosesociety.org/Hartmann.html This is the only way I manage to hear Hartmann's fantastic show - just a few hours lag time.
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My Hero Too!!

Submitted by demo2006 on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 11:50pm.
I love Sen. Sanders, but I miss hearing him on the radio when he would do his "Brunch" segment with Thom Hartmann. Our local progressive changed formats a few months ago. But thank god for Buzzflash :)
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You can still hear Bernie ...

Submitted by paul9955 on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 2:46am.
... on Thom Hartmann's show on internet radio. I'm sure there are many sites to choose from. For example, try the Seattle station: http://www.am1090seattle.com/.
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Thank you Senator Sanders!

Submitted by Kira on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 5:30pm.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has been one of my heroes for years - I wish there were more like him in congress. I'm amazed the BLM actually listened to what people want. Congress sure doesn't. I believe we could take just a billion dollars out of the horrendously obese DOD budget and use it to put solar panels on every residence in the US. How can we rearrange the budgets in the US? I hate giving more money to criminal Imperialistic ventures for exploitation of natural resources that don't belong to us. ~~~~I'm sorry, I cannot figure out how to make spaces between my paragraphs. My "hard returns" don't show up. Is there a trick to this? Thanks.~~~~~
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Me too

Submitted by Captain Jessie on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 8:13pm.
I also cannot seperate paragraphs, so if anyone finds out it would be nice to pass it along.
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Click ...

Submitted by Yman on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 6:28am.
"Input Format", then "Filtered HTML" below the comment box.
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Thanks for the help!

Submitted by Kira on Thu, 07/03/2008 - 11:13pm.

Yman and Freedem - thanks for taking time to help out with HTML and tips.

Filtered HTML will help a lot. :D

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0T <br> makes break <hr> makes line (except in subject line)

Submitted by Freedem (not verified) on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:33pm.
I sincerely hope the Sen. Saunders will continue to push his "Solar on every home" bill.

Forget the tax breaks, if the meters are allowed to be attached and allowed to run backwards (as the Power Companies would fight like mad against) then the return on investment in "free" electricity would pay the bill

If the Gang Of Pirates think that the only good Democrat is a dead Democrat, only a fool would think it bipartisan to accommodate them by acting the part.
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