What if you could power vast swathes of the United States from carbon-free electricity, but you had to give up one endangered species?
This choice may seem unbelievable but a Nevada episode shows how it works in real life. Tradeoffs Between environmental progress and environment protection.
Last week, the largest geothermal firm in the country was established threatened The federal government’s endangered species decision could cause it to stop its plans for providing Californians emission-free electricity. Ormat claims that the government wrongly and hastily declared the Dixie Valley toad endangered last year. The decision halted Construction of it Dixie Meadows geothermal plants 12-megawatt. (It is important to be clear that the company doesn’t intend to exterminate toads; the company says that it can build and manage the facility so that it does not disturb hot springs or wetlands nearby that support the species.
This story exposes the conflict between many of the Biden administration’s goals. It wants It aims to make the country completely dependent on clean energy by 2035. But it also wants to protect rare species ,…
