Bauder Debunks Spin on Sunrise Powerlink
Thursday, July 31st, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 2 Comments »Great article on the Sunrise Powerlink in this week's San Diego Reader by Don Bauder: "Spinrise." The article covers the Union-Tribune's hatchet job on the Utility Consumers Action Network from a couple of Sundays ago, which claimed that SDG&E ratepayers shouldn't have to pay for ...
Think Globally, Generate Locally
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | 2 Comments »Confirming what desert conservationists and consumer advocates have been saying for quite a while now, a recent article in Public Utilities Fortnightly shows the true costs of concentrated solar power (CSP) farms vs. rapidly developing photovoltaic (PV) technologies. With recent developments in ...
Wind Energy Expansion in Eastern San Diego
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | 1 Comment »In a surprise move, the Bureau of Land Management has proposed an increase in acreage where wind energy development would be allowed in Eastern San Diego under its Proposed Eastern San Diego Resource Management Plan. The old version of the ...
Desert Protective Council on the Radio
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments OffDPC's Terry Weiner has broadcast DPC's message of desert conservation over the airwaves twice this summer. On June 9, she was a guest on Patt Morrison's talk show on KPCC. The topic was the desert solar land rush, and the ...
More on the industrialization of our deserts
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 Posted in Public Lands, renewable energy | Comments OffOn July10th, in El Centro California in the Imperial Valley, Washington D.C. Staff from the Bureau of Land Management and the Department of Energy held a public scoping meeting on their desert-wide planning process for industrial-size solar development throughout ...
Aguirre Threatens to Sue SDG&E
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffIn a story first reported exclusively on DesertBlog in May, San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has vowed to sue San Diego Gas & Electric over its half-hearted efforts to meet the state's renewable energy mandate. Yesterday, the City Attorney's ...
DPC Prompts Additional Big Solar Meeting
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | Comments OffThis is an urgent post from the Desert Protective Council's Imperial County Conservation Coordinator. Your presence is needed at an important public hearing. This is your most important opportunity to learn about and voice your questions and concerns about the ...
Sunrise Powerlink Media Onslaught
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffSure power lines are ugly, but that's not the main point. They also cause fires, reduce our energy security, and carry any type of power a company cares to put on them, from clean to dirty. In no way can ...
