Interior Dept. issues rule for renewable energy development on public land

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other federal officials inspecting solar panels at the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm on federal lands in California in 2015. /Credit: U.S. Dept. of Interior/flickr
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and other federal officials inspecting solar panels at the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm on federal lands in California in 2015. /Credit: U.S. Dept. of Interior/flickr

One of several major energy rules likely before the end of President Obama’s term

By Amy Harder | The Wall Street Journal

The Interior Department issued a regulation Thursday aimed at speeding up development of renewable energy on federal lands, one of at least five major energy rules the Obama administration is expected to release in coming weeks, even though they may be swiftly unraveled by President-elect Donald Trump.

After nearly eight years of regulations curtailing pollution from fossil fuels, the new rule, from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, will be the Obama administration’s first major stab at regulating renewable-energy development on public lands.

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