Feinstein didn't "block solar energy". She saved 30,000 acres of desert land, that the state had promised would be saved and which was bought with private and f

Feinstein didn't "block solar energy". She saved 30,000 acres of desert land, that the state had promised would be saved and which was bought with private and federal funds, from powerline developers, including Goldman-Sachs (who could care less about the environment). (I think solar power is the cat's meow - and don't usually like Feinstein. But there's plenty of land that's already messed up that can be used instead. And, in fact, Feinstein is already at work on it.) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/business/energy-environment/22solar.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/22/business/energy-environmen... "On Thursday, Mrs. Feinstein introduced legislation to provide a 30 percent tax credit to developers that consolidate degraded private land for solar projects." A lot of developers thoroughly enjoy messing with environmentalists. But Green doesn't have to be a trade-off. For once Feinstein did the right thing.