As the Copenhagen Conference tells us we need to cut our greenhouse emissions to save the planet, the obvious solution is to move toward ‘green’ energy.  Some of this energy has already shown to be somewhat practical–wind farms in Texas and other places and solar energy, which has also been cited as a possible future source of energy.  You would think that the Congressmen (and women) who claim they want to save the planet would welcome either option.  Well, not so fast.

The New York Times reported Tuesday that Senator Dianne Feinstein has sponsored a bill that would create two monuments in the Mojave Desert in California and would ban renewable energy projects on that land.  Goldman Sachs and other developers had planned several large solar power plants that have now been derailed.  Senator Feinstein did, however, include in the bill provisions that would allow the construction of renewable energy plants in other parts of the desert. 

The article points out:

“The legislation would also require federal agencies to accelerate their approval of renewable energy projects and lease applications for use of federal land. But it would ban renewable energy production on donated federal land outside the monument areas unless an application was submitted before Dec. 1.”

If ‘green energy’ is all that green, why are we having problems building its infrastructure?