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Geothermal energy meetings set in West

Federal land managers will hold meetings in 11 Western states and Alaska next month on a plan to accelerate development of geothermal resources to help supply the region’s rapacious appetite for energy.

The 12 scheduled meetings start July 8 in Anchorage and conclude July 30 in Sacramento, with a session planned for Boise July 21.

As part of its 2005 energy plan, Congress gave marching orders to federal agencies to take stock of the region’s geothermal resources.

Among other things, land managers at the meetings will discuss efforts to identify Western public lands with geothermal potential.

According to one proposal being considered, about 117 million acres of BLM administered public land and 75 million acres of National Forest Service land would be legally open to geothermal leasing.

Full List: http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/06/20/ap-state-id/d91dh0og2.txt

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