Wilderness Society: New House Bills Would Release Renewable Energy From Its Mandated Shackles to Oil and Gas on Public Lands
July 27, 2023
July 27, 2023
WASHINGTON, July 27 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on July 26, 2023:
Today, Representatives Kamlager-Dove, Grijalva, Ocasio-Cortez and Ross introduced two bills that would reverse the most egregious public lands tradeoff made in the Inflation Reduction Act, the shackling of renewable energy growth to mandates that lock in more fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters. The CLEAN Energy Act and the NOW Act would untether wind and solar rights-of-way . . .
Today, Representatives Kamlager-Dove, Grijalva, Ocasio-Cortez and Ross introduced two bills that would reverse the most egregious public lands tradeoff made in the Inflation Reduction Act, the shackling of renewable energy growth to mandates that lock in more fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters. The CLEAN Energy Act and the NOW Act would untether wind and solar rights-of-way . . .