Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-189
[From an E&E Daily article by Phil Taylor, sub. req'd] Permitting times for wind and solar projects on public lands were cut by more than half from 2006 to 2009 as the Obama administration bolstered staff and funding for renewable energy development, according to a newly released report from the Government Accountability Office
The report found that wind and solar permitting times at the Bureau of Land Management were reduced from four years for applications filed in 2006 to 1.5 years for applications filed in 2009…
