(The Center Square) – What would have been Nevada’s largest solar farm to date, Esmeralda Seven, has quietly been canceled by the Bureau of Land Management.

The rollback on a Biden-era renewable energy project, which could have powered millions of homes, comes during a federal government shutdown – with some conservationists celebrating the move.

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Roughly 120,000 acres were marked for the project, with over 60,000 for solar development – a footprint the size of Las Vegas. At its peak, the southwestern Nevada solar farm could have generated up

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