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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Big Renewables Debate Continues
Monday, March 23rd, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink, renewable energy | 1 Comment »The debate over the benefits and impacts of Big Renewables continues in Washington, in the media, and here on DesertBlog. MARCH 24th UPDATE: Today a big article appeared in the New York Times on conflicts between environmentalists over renewable energy. The article ...
Think the Sunrise Powerlink Fight is Over?
Friday, February 20th, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »Guess again! While various legal wranglings over the Sunrise Powerlink continue in the courts and before the CPUC, there's also a lot of new public opposition to this destructive fossil-fuel line, as more residents learn exactly where the new Southern ...
CBD Challenges Controversial Sunrise Powerlink
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffFrom our friends at the Center for Biological Diversity: Challenge to Controversial Sunrise Powerlink Energy Project Brought to California Supreme Court. "Late yesterday, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the California Supreme Court to review the recently approved Sunrise Transmission ...
Wishing You a Happy, Powerlink-Free New Year
Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »The CPUC delivered a nice lump of coal to the stockings of California ratepayers last week, with its decision to approve the Sunrise Powerlink, no requirements attached. If allowed to stand, this decision means that customers of PG&E, SCE, and ...
Peevey Buys a Dog That Won’t Hunt
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffAfter you read this latest news on the Sunrise Powerlink debate, we hope you'll contact the Governor to tell him we don't need this billion-dollar boondoggle in any form. If you've already tried calling and gotten the "call back later" ...
No Way, No How, No Sunrise
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »Now that we've taken a little time to celebrate the CPUC's proposed decisions on the Sunrise Powerlink, it's time to get back to work and stop this thing for good. At the time of those decisions, we said we'd keep ...
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. ...
