“More so than ever, with job losses continuing to mount, we need to steer the country onto a new energy path,” Salazar said. “One that creates new jobs ... (and) that makes wise use of our domestic resources.”
In one far-reaching measure, the secretarial order establishes an energy and climate change task force that will identify specific zones on public lands where the Interior Department “can facilitate a rapid and responsible move” to large-scale production of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy.
Conservationists
