Sunrise Powerlink Victory — For Now
Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 4 Comments »Breaking news: Two separate proposed decisions in the Sunrise Powerlink saga have just been issued. The first, by the California Public Utilities Commission's Administrative Law Judge Jean Vieth, denies both routings of the Sunrise Powerlink because there are environmentally superior alternatives. ...
DPC Annual Meeting
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 Posted in DPC News | 1 Comment »The Desert Protective Council's Annual Meeting last Sunday was a smashing success. From my limited experience, I thought it was the best meeting DPC has held, and many agreed. The wonderful 29 Palms Inn provided an ideal venue for the meeting, ...
Gov’s New Address
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffLast week we asked you to call or write Governor Schwarzenegger and ask him to terminate the Sunrise Powerlink. If you called, that's great! If you used the e-mail address we provided, then it probably bounced back. Turns out that, like ...
Sunrise Power Linkage
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffChris Clarke has a great post on Coyote Crossing summarizing the whole Sunrise Powerlink issue. It's a great primer for anyone new to the issue, and also asks people to call and e-mail Governor Schwarzenegger. Here's a link. A popular science blog ...
Tell the Gov. to Terminate the Sunrise Powerlink
Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffHere's a quick, easy and vital action you can take to stop the unnecessary, destructive and wasteful Sunrise Powerlink. (You know the action is urgent when we resort to Terminator cliche's! Why's this so important right now? Because the other ...
New Sunrise Powerlink Documentary
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffFrom our friends at Backcountry Against the Dump: PREMIER OF NEW DOCUMENTARY "A QUESTION OF POWER" ON SDG&E'S PROPOSED SUNRISE POWERLINK Sunday, October 19, at 7 p.m. Stone Brewing in Escondido Premiere is Free and Open to the Public. Stubborn Mule Productions and Backcountry Against the Dump, ...
Sunrise Powerlink, Eastern San Diego Wind
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Public Lands, Sunrise Powerlink, renewable energy | 1 Comment »Final documents on two controversial San Diego plans have been released, prompting this long blog post. Sunrise Powerlink Yesterday, the CPUC released its Final EIR on the Sunrise Powerlink. The big picture: SDG&E's preferred route for this transmission line through Anza-Borrego is ...
Army Rethinks Tortoise Relocation
Monday, October 13th, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | 2 Comments »While the U.S. Marine Corps has announced plans to expand its 29 Palms base, the Army's Ft. Irwin expansion efforts faced some difficulty when the Army announced on Friday that it would suspend its much-criticized desert tortoise relocation program. As biologists ...
Bighorn Sheep Are Counting On You
Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, desert wildlife | 6 Comments »You're hiking up a rugged desert canyon somewhere at the eastern edge of southern California's Peninsular Ranges. The truck-sized boulders glow golden in the bright sunshine, and up ahead a clump of fan palms enlivens the mostly brown landscape. You ...
One Weekend, Two National Parks
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events | Comments OffThe weekend of October 25-26 offers two opportunities for friends of the desert to gather in or near two of our favorite National Parks units. On the evening of Oct. 25, the National Parks Conservation Association will hold a celebration of ...
