Distinguised Senior Lecturer David J. Hayes is quoted in this Bloomberg article on why Nevada stands as the poster child for President Obama’s climate fight. 

As Air Force One approaches Las Vegas on Monday, President Barack Obama can peer down and survey some of the millions of solar panels dotting the Nevada desert.

When he arrives at the National Clean Energy Summit in the city, he’ll address a crowd including executives from electric-car maker Tesla Motors Inc., Republican lawmakers who support renewable energy development and leaders from the world’s largest supplier of rooftop solar panels.

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“It’s sun-drenched,” said David Hayes, a former deputy secretary of the department who left in 2013 and now teaches at Stanford Law School. “Something like 90 percent of the state of Nevada is public lands. It’s got all the ingredients.”

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