New from DPC
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature, DPC News | Comments OffIt's been a busy publishing season for the Desert Protective Council. Our spring issue of El Paisano, our quarterly newsletter, is now available online. This issue features: a celebration of Joshua Tree (both the park and its namesake yucca) by desert poet ...
Celebrate Earth Day!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink, renewable energy | Comments OffIn addition to reducing your driving, planting a tree, going vegan, or whatever else you were planning to do to celebrate the day, you might consider writing a letter to the editor of the San Diego Union-Tribune, taking issue with ...
Nothing Grows in the Desert
Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in desert plants, renewable energy | 2 Comments »The desert is a barren wasteland. The desert is unproductive. There's nothing there. We've all heard these statements before, but those of us who have come to know and love the desert realize just how wrong they are. The reality: The desert teems with life, ...
Two Meetings Monday Evening
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink, off-road vehicles | Comments OffActivists in extreme southern California will have a hard time choosing between two meetings this coming Monday evening, April 6. The new East County Community Action Coalition (ECCAC) is hosting a townhall meeting on the Sunrise Powerlink at 6 p.m. in ...
Carnival of the Arid
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffDesertBlog is once again featured in the Carnival of the Arid, the roundup of desert-centric posts put together by Chris Clarke on his Coyote Crossing blog. This issue includes hikes in Utah Canyonlands, caving near Barstow, video of javelinas in Arizona, ...
Energy Efficiency and Global Warming
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 Posted in renewable energy | Comments OffEngineer Bill Powers sent us this slide that shows what would happen to California's energy demand, if we fully implement energy efficiency requirements enacted in 2007: The black line is the California Energy Commission's projected demand without the additional energy efficiency ...
