Obama Establishes Solar Energy Zones

Obama administration announces desert 'solar energy zones'

'Solar energy zones' — set up in the Mojave and elsewhere in the West by the Bureau of Land Management — are meant to encourage development in areas without environmental or cultural conflicts.

Obama administration announces desert 'solar energy zones'

October 28, 2011 | By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times

Earlier this month, biologists search for and log the locations of desert…
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)