Deals that big don't just evaporate. No-doubt there still pressure for a plan B or plan C... Which could involve part of Bundy's grazing lease.
I've been identifying sources and means of enviro-racketeering for nearly twenty years, having written two books and not a few articles discussing the many aspects of the topic. From that experience I can say that this 'solar mitigation' could be one of several scams at work here. We simply cannot know until somebody gets a hand of Reid's computers, phone logs, etc. and puts it together, preferably with a healthy dose of waterboarding.
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One thing for certain: it is not about the desert tortoise. Cattle gazing usually improves habitat for tortoises.