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THIS WEEK, AT INTERIOR...
SECRETARY JEWELL ANNOUNCED THE APPROVAL THIS WEEK OF TWO SOLAR ENERGY PROJECTS LOCATED
NEAR THE CALIFORNIA - NEVADA BORDER, PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TO
REDUCE CARBON POLLUTION, CREATE JOBS AND MOVE OUR ECONOMY TOWARD CLEAN ENERGY SOURCES. TOGETHER,
WHEN BUILT, THE STATELINE SOLAR FARM PROJECT, AND SILVER STATE SOUTH SOLAR PROJECT, ARE
EXPECTED TO SUPPLY 550-MEGAWATTS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENOUGH TO POWER ABOUT 170-THOUSAND
HOMES, AND SUPPORT MORE THAN 700 JOBS. THIS WEEK'S APPROVALS BRING to 50 - THE NUMBER
OF UTILITY-SCALE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROPOSALS AND ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION THAT THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT HAS APPROVED ON PUBLIC LANDS SINCE 2009. TOGETHER, THE PROJECTS COULD GENERATE
NEARLY 14,000 MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY, OR ENOUGH TO POWER 4.8 MILLION HOMES.
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION COMMISSIONER MIKE CONNOR ON HAND DURING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT LAST
WEEK TO DROUGHT STRICKEN CALIFORNIA. THE PRESIDENT LAID OUT NEW ACTIONS THE ADMINISTRATION WILL
TAKE TO HELP COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ONE OF THE STATE'S WORST DROUGHTS IN MORE THAN 100
YEARS, INCLUDING INCREASED FEDERAL AID, AND A CUTBACK ON WATER USE BY ALL FEDERAL FACILITIES.
INTERIOR HAS RELEASED THE FIRST PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INTERACTIVE MAP AND DATASET OF THE MORE THAN
47,000 ONSHORE WIND TURBINES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE NEW TOOL, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED BY SCIENTISTS
AT THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WILL AID IN LANDSCAPE-LEVEL PLANNING AND RESPONSIBLE RENEWABLE
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. YOU CAN FIND
THE MAP AND THE DATA AT USGS.GOV.
AND IN HONOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH WE SAT DOWN WITH BOB STANTON, WHO SERVED AS
THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE...IT'S A FASCINATING
LOOK AT MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE. YOU CAN FIND THE ENTIRE VIDEO ON OUR YOU TUBE
CHANNEL
THAT'S THIS WEEK, AT INTERIOR.