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BLM to speed wind energy development

Interior Secretary Gale Norton on Thursday announced a new review process for proposed wind farms that she said could result in a sixfold increase in wind energy production on Western public lands.

The move sets broad guidelines for the Bureau of Land Management’s wind energy development program, and should decrease the time to get approval for a wind energy project from two or more years to less than one year, Norton said.

The interest in clean, renewable energy sources has increased as oil prices have risen. President Bush and Congress have recommended increasing the development of renewable energy on public lands.

By JENNIFER TALHELM of the Associated Press

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2005/12/15/breaker/doc43a1b2b3457a4938918953.txt

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