Imperial County residents:
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in Desert Politics, renewable energy | 1 Comment »ACTION ALERT: The Imperial County Board of Supervisors rejected a resolution today that would have created the Imperial County Green Building Retrofit and Workforce Development Program. The program would have required energy efficiency upgrades such as lighting and air conditioning ...
Comment on the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating Station
Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Posted in Public Lands, mojave, renewable energy | 7 Comments »For the potential interest of Desert Blog readers, here are the comments I submitted today on BrightSource Energy's proposal for a giant solar power generating station in the Ivanpah Valley, just outside the Mojave National Preserve. (Obligatory disclaimer: The opinions ...
SDUT spreading myths about CDPA 2010
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 Posted in DPC News, desert wildlife, renewable energy | 3 Comments »[Following is a letter to the editor DPC's Conservation Coordinator Terry Weiner crafted in response to the San Diego Union Tribune's misguided and simplistic editorial on the California Desert Protection Act of 2010.] Dear Editor, Thank you, Senator Feinstein, for introducing the ...
Provisions of the California Desert Protection Act of 2010
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 Posted in Desert Politics, Public Lands, mojave, off-road vehicles, renewable energy, wilderness | 1 Comment »DPC supports Senator Feinstein’s introduction of the CDPA 2010. The bill, S 2921, adds protective status for large swaths of the California deserts and we applaud the Senator for crafting legislation to preserve our beloved California Desert. There are, however, ...
Comment deadline on Solar Energy Study Areas extended!
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 Posted in BLM, Public Lands, renewable energy | Comments OffBarbara Boyle at the Sierra Club informs us that the BLM is granting a 45 day extension on public comment on Interior's Solar Energy Study areas. Those comments had been due by the end of this month. The new comment ...
Interior fast-tracks Big Solar on public lands
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Desert Politics, Endangered Species, Public Lands, renewable energy | 3 Comments »The Department of the Interior announced Monday that 676,048 acres of public lands — 24 tracts in five Western States — are being fast-tracked for development by the solar electrical generation industry. The tracts, called Solar Energy Study areas, will be scrutinized to ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
