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Archive for September, 2009

A victory for the fragile desert

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Great news sent along by Phil Klasky at Community ORV Watch: RULING PROTECTS CALIFORNIA DESERT LANDS Judgment Overturns U.S. Bureau of Land Management Designation of More Than 5,000 Miles of Off-Highway Vehicle Routes in the California Desert September 29, 2009: Eleven environmental ...

Desert Protective Council in the news

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The DPC's own Terry Weiner was featured on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," in a short piece on industrial desert solar development. The piece is remarkably nuanced for a quick take, especially given the concerted push by mainstream environmental groups ...

BrightSource Drops Plans for Industrial Solar on Broadwell Dry Lake

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

From the Los Angeles Times blog LANow: Controversial plan for solar thermal power facility in Mojave Desert dropped BrightSource Energy Inc. today said it has scrapped a controversial plan to build a major solar thermal power facility in eastern Mojave Desert wilderness ...

Help Clean Up The Poste Homestead

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

National Public Lands Day Volunteer Clean-Up at the Poste Homestead in Wonder Valley -  Free T-Shirts, Breakfast, BBQ Lunch and Music On Saturday, September 26th, the Barstow Office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is organizing a large volunteer clean-up ...