DEFENSE
Facing legal pressure, Pentagon shrinks backlog of challenged renewable energy projects
Clashes between military radar and renewable energy catapulted into the limelight last year when plans for a massive Oregon wind farm snagged on Pentagon objections. Military brass eventually approved the project, but lawmakers did not forget the outrage wrought by that showdown -- or similar conflicts that preceded it. And in the fiscal 2011 National Defense Authorization Act, they did something about it.