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 ...
New from DPC
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature, DPC News | Comments OffIt's been a busy publishing season for the Desert Protective Council. Our spring issue of El Paisano, our quarterly newsletter, is now available online. This issue features: a celebration of Joshua Tree (both the park and its namesake yucca) by desert poet ...
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, ...
Carnival of the Arid
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 Posted in Art & Nature | Comments OffDesertBlog is once again featured in the Carnival of the Arid, the roundup of desert-centric posts put together by Chris Clarke on his Coyote Crossing blog. This issue includes hikes in Utah Canyonlands, caving near Barstow, video of javelinas in Arizona, ...
New El Paisano and Winter Action Alerts
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in DPC News | Comments OffOur latest issue of DPC's newsletter, El Paisano, is now available online. It covers a variety of issues, from the Red Rock Canyon State Park general plan, to the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative, to our new outdoor ed curriculum focused ...
Save the Desert Cahuilla Prehistoric Area
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in off-road vehicles | Comments OffOur friends at the Center for Biological Diversity have an alert asking people to write to help protect the Desert Cahuilla Area, east of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, from abusive off-roading. The State Parks department is considering applications for three massive ...
Problems with Big Desert Solar
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | 27 Comments »An article in today's LA Times made Concentrating Solar Power plants sound like the best thing since the sun began to shine. It did mention that "Environmentalists are mobilizing" against these projects (ooh, ominous!), but didn't mention what the environmental ...
DPC on the Radio Tonight
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | Comments OffI'll be on the KCRW radio show "Which Way LA?" talking about Big Solar in the desert. Airs tonight at 7:00 and you can also get it on podcast. Go here for more info and to tune in over the ...
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. ...
