President Obama announced on his climate action plan at the
end of June, which includes significant goals related to renewable energy and
energy efficiency. The plan directs the U.S. Department of the Interior to
issue permits by 2020 for enough renewable energy projects on public lands to
power 6 million homes, while also designating the first-ever hydropower project
for priority permitting, setting a new goal to install 100 megawatts of
renewable energy on federally assisted housing by 2020, and maintaining the
existing commitment to deploy renewable energy projects on military
installations.
