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Feds want to open 1/10th of Utah for solar energy development. The state and environmentalists aren’t so sure.

The Bureau of Land Management released its Western Solar Plan, which would open 31 million acres across 11 western states for solar projects.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Elektron Solar Project in Tooele County on Monday, June 24, 2024. The Bureau of Land Management released a proposal to make 5 million acres of public land in Utah, mostly in the western part of the state, available for solar projects.