[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Nellis Air Force Base (NV)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Green energy, military seek common ground

Nellis Base Commander Col. Howard Belote says the process of siting a 
green project near military installations needs to be streamlined.

By Stephanie Tavares
Las Vegas Sun (NV)
January 8, 2010

Even if it didn't have high-powered weaponry, the Air Force would have 
to be reckoned with in Nevada.

It directly and indirectly employs thousands of state civilians and 
controls much of the land.

But military interests have run smack into those of the nation’s most 
powerful politicians and the industry touted as Nevada’s potential 
financial savior.

Renewable energy companies want to fill the state's desert with solar 
arrays and dot its peaks with wind turbines. They would create hundreds 
of short-term construction jobs, lease income for cities and the federal 
government, and emission-free energy.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jan/08/green-energy-military-seek-common-ground/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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