Sunrise Powerlink, Eastern San Diego Wind
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Public Lands, Sunrise Powerlink, renewable energy | 1 Comment »Final documents on two controversial San Diego plans have been released, prompting this long blog post. Sunrise Powerlink Yesterday, the CPUC released its Final EIR on the Sunrise Powerlink. The big picture: SDG&E's preferred route for this transmission line through Anza-Borrego is ...
Wind Energy Expansion in Eastern San Diego
Saturday, July 26th, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | 1 Comment »In a surprise move, the Bureau of Land Management has proposed an increase in acreage where wind energy development would be allowed in Eastern San Diego under its Proposed Eastern San Diego Resource Management Plan. The old version of the ...
Desert Bloom Still Going
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Nature Matters, desert plants | 3 Comments »UPDATE Here are a few flower photos Gidon Singer took on his hike from the Lagunas to Scissors Crossing, on his way to the May 12 Sunrise Powerlink hearings in Borrego Springs. And it's not just flowers that are out this ...
San Diego Earth Day Report
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 2 Comments »Groups fighting the Sunrise Powerlink and promoting greener energy options were all over Sunday's Earth Day celebration in San Diego's Balboa Park. On my way to the Friends of Rose Canyon booth (where we spread the word about another "unnecessary infrastructure ...
Two Forms of Desert Wildlife This Week
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Desert Events, desert wildlife | Comments OffThe past two weeks may have convinced you that it's all Sunrise Powerlink all the time here at DesertBlog, but we're interested in other topics too. Really... how about these two events for some relief from the gloom and doom? Starting ...
SDG&E Unveils Sunrise Powerlink Disinformation Campaign
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »SDG&E unveiled its "false choice" advertising campaign yesterday, including this billboard in Kearny Mesa. The company and its "brownroots" support group want to "educate" the public about the Sunrise Powerlink. To do so, they're presenting us with a false choice between ...
Sunrise Powerlink — 10 Days Left to Comment
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffThe comment deadline on the Sunrise Powerlink Draft Environmental Impact Report is April 11th. As SDG&E rolls out its "False Choice" advertising campaign -- more on that tomorrow -- it's vital that the Public Utilities Commission hear the other side. If you ...
Wildflower Bloom in Anza-Borrego’s San Felipe Hills
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Nature Matters | Comments OffThe San Felipe Hills are poppin'! Whether it's the barrel cactus, yucca and brittlebush of the lower elevations, the lupines and poppies of the middle reaches, or the bush poppies colonizing the burn areas in the north, spring is bursting ...
California State Parks and the Sunrise Powerlink
Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffYesterday, I wrote that the State Parks Commission could have no role in the fate of the expensive and unnecessary Sunrise Powerlink. This situation could occur if the transmission line were routed completely within SDG&E's existing right of way through Anza-Borrego Desert State ...
Commission Firings Ominous for State Parks, but Effect on Sunrise Powerlink Unclear
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffGovernor Schwarzenegger's termination of State Parks Commissioners Bobby Shriver and Clint Eastwood serves as yet another example of this administration's hostility to the California State Parks system. While the governor's office denied it, most observers agree that his decision not ...
