A victory for the fragile desert
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments OffGreat 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 OffThe 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 OffFrom 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 OffNational 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 ...
Solar worse for habitat than coal?
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments OffA fascinating new peer-reviewed study of energy development indicates that centralized solar electric generation may destroy more habitat per kilowatt-hour produced than coal, even taking mining into account. The study, Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat ...
Help protect the Soda Mountains
Monday, July 20th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off(Sent to DPC by Laurel Williams at the California Wilderness Coalition) The future of the Soda Mountains Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is uncertain. While many groups are advocating that this scenic and ecologically important area become wilderness, there has been pressure ...
Desert Protective Council on the Radio
Friday, July 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments OffDPC's Terry Weiner has broadcast DPC's message of desert conservation over the airwaves twice this summer. On June 9, she was a guest on Patt Morrison's talk show on KPCC. The topic was the desert solar land rush, and the ...
