Solar Done Right
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 Posted in renewable energy | Comments OffWe've launched a new campaign called "Solar Done Right." You can read a full description of the campaign's five principles by clicking on the link in the menu above. Click here to send a letter to the House Natural Resources ...
Huge Defeat for ORV Lobby!
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 Posted in off-road vehicles | 1 Comment »Legislation to allow Off Road Vehicles (ORVs) on city streets is defeated! May 12 2009- the California Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing did not take a vote on Senator Roy Ashburn's Senate Bill 615. When legislators calculate that their proposed ...
Two Ways to Help Wilderness Today
Friday, May 8th, 2009 Posted in off-road vehicles, wilderness | Comments OffWRITE A QUICK LETTER FOR MORE WILDERNESS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY Imperial County has many exquisite wild areas that are unlike places anywhere else in the world. These unique landscapes in Eastern Imperial County include Milpitas Wash, with towering palo ...
Pledge to Stop Sunrise Powerlink
Thursday, May 7th, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffDenis Trafecanty of Protect Our Communities is going to do another 50-mile run this weekend. The run is aimed at raising funds to stop the Sunrise Powerlink, and Denis is asking for a per-mile pledge. That's him, at right, on ...
SCE Scuttles Feed-in Tariff Bill
Friday, May 1st, 2009 Posted in renewable energy | 2 Comments »Frequent readers of DesertBlog will know that we're big fans of "building-integrated" photovoltaic solar power, because this form of solar energy requires no desert habitat destruction and no money- and energy-wasting transmission lines. And we've had good things to say ...
