Getting to greater energy security and a more sustainable and prosperous economic future will test our resolve and ingenuity. And getting there while treating our land resources in ways that sustain rather than deplete and degrade them will test our wisdom. This challenge is already beginning to unfold in America’s desert Southwest, which is home to some of the best solar resources in the world as well as vast landscapes that are ecological treasures and fragile wildlife habitats.
Read the entire article at the Center for American Progress: Idea of the Day: Smart U.S. Land-Use Policies Can Help Transition to Clean Energy.