"The super project in southern Nevada was set to cover set to cover 185 sq miles a footprint close to the size of Las Vegas and include seven solar projects proposed by different companies, including NextEra Energy Resources, Leeward Renewable Energy, Arevia Power and Invenergy. Together, the network of solar panels and batteries was set to produce 6.2 gigawatts of energy, or enough to power nearly 2m homes."
"Even once Donald Trump re-entered the White House this year, the process appeared to be moving forward when his Bureau of Land Management advanced a draft environmental impact statement. But the process has since come to a standstill, with BLM failing to issue a final environmental impact statement or record of decision for the project. The Guardian has contacted NextEra Energy Resources, Leeward Renewable Energy, Arevia Power and Invenergy for comment."
"In an executive order on day one, Trump signed an executive order directing a pause on new renewable energy authorizations for federally owned land and water. Then in February he appointed Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based oil industry trade group Western Energy Alliance, to head the Bureau of Land Management, which manages a quarter of a billion acres of public land concentrated in western states."
The Bureau of Land Management canceled the environmental review for the Esmeralda 7 solar project in southern Nevada. The project would have covered 185 square miles, hosted seven solar developments by NextEra, Leeward, Arevia and Invenergy, and produced 6.2 gigawatts—enough to power nearly two million homes. Developers had received permits under Joe Biden and the BLM advanced a draft environmental impact statement before the process stalled. The BLM did not issue a final environmental impact statement or record of decision and provided no explanation. Presidential orders paused new renewable authorizations and placed an oil-industry ally, Kathleen Sgamma, to head the BLM.
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