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Bush administration halts solar energy projects on federal lands

The Bush administration has put a two-year stop to solar energy projects on federal lands in Arizona and other Western states while it studies their environmental impact.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of Energy will study the impact of solar energy production and other facilities that could be developed on public lands in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Colorado and Nevada.

There are 125 applications by solar energy companies to build facilities on public lands in those states.

The review will take two years worrying a solar energy sector looking to expand in the western U.S. including Arizona.

A number of U.S., German and Japanese solar energy companies want to locate or expand in Arizona and other Western states amid concerns about high energy costs and emissions absolutely free credit report faxless payday loans.

Critics have questioned the Bush administration policies and links oil and gas companies saying the administration is too cozy with those energy sectors.



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