H.R. 1 Destruction, Part 2: Sections 50302 & 50303: Wrecking Wildlands in the Name of Renewables
Inviting mega wind and solar to carve up wildlands, with tax breaks and revenue kickbacks to states and counties.
These sections unleash a wave of massive wind and solar energy projects across public lands, including National Forests, by formalizing acreage-based rent formulas and annual capacity fees tied to gross electricity sales. They:
Set low per-acre rates for land use based on agricultural rental averages.
Create incentives for developers to install energy infrastructure across vast landscapes.
Direct a share of that revenue back to states and counties, incentivizing more development.
Real climate solutions mean rooftop and community solar and reusing already-degraded lands like former industrial zones or Superfund sites, not bulldozing ecologically sensitive areas for energy sprawl. Is energy truly renewable and green if it comes at the cost of biodiversity?
These provisions treat nature as vacant real estate. Short-term revenue is the goal, not long-term ecological or community well-being.
Stay tuned for the final installment.
In signal and vigilance,
Bekah
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Of course our current federal government sees Nature as a resource to be totally exploited. Where there is money to be gained, nothing is sacred. Absolutely nothing.
Greedy politicians that allowed this! CHANGE THE SYSTEM