[aauchter]

“The BLM did not cancel the project. During routine discussions prior to the lapse in appropriations, the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada,” said an Interior spokesperson in an email Friday.

“Instead of pursuing a programmatic level environmental analysis, the applicants will now have the option to submit individual project proposals to the BLM to more effectively analyze potential impacts,” the email continued.

https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2025/10/13/trump-nv-solar-pro...

[two_handfuls]

That's just canceling with extra steps. The journalists have it right in the article you link when they say:

> On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) canceled an environmental review of the Esmeralda Seven Solar Project

[cjensen]

One of the consequences of being part of administration that lies constantly is that it is very difficult to trust they are telling the truth. Since this is based on the Interior Department saying something very different than the company, I'm disinclined to give the benefit of the doubt to the Interior.

[Gibbon1]

Read a guy talking about Iraq's nuclear weapons program. The one they didn't have.

He said when a source is known to lie the proper weight to apply to anything they say is 0.0.