FLASHPOINT for Feb 17, 2007

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007 | 7:17 a.m.

Gov. Jim Gibbons may have a few, teeny problems to deal with these days, but he still had time Friday for an executive order on energy. He's a fan of renewables, it turns out: "Today I signed the first executive order of my administration that focuses on energy development. Nevada is blessed with an abundance of clean and renewable energy resources and it is important for us to encourage the development of these resources." So what does his first executive order do? It streamlines the permitting process for renewable energy projects , which sounds like a heck of a good idea. But one question : Will that plan to truck in coal from Wyoming to build a coal-to-liquids plant and increase global warming also be streamlined?

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