May 12 Sunrise Powerlink Rendezvous in Borrego Springs
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »People came from all over to voice their opposition to the Sunrise Powerlink during the hearings in February. Now we have an even better chance to make our voices heard. (Photo by Diana Lindsay.) For the past couple weeks, DesertBlog has regularly ...
Sunrise Powerlink Quick Hits
Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »Stirling Solar gets a boost: Several papers report today that Stirling Energy Systems has acquired funding from an Irish toll road company (a toll road company -- sort of makes you feel warm all over, doesn't it?). Oh, and they've ...
Bride of Sunrise Powerlink in the Offing?
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »Still from "Bride of Frankenstein." Even Dr. Frankenstein finished creating his first monster before going on to his next mad idea. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, SDG&E has now raised the possibility that two massive transmission lines could ...
Sunrise Powerlink — So San Diego
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 2 Comments »"That's so San Diego!" This was my wife's response to yesterday's excellent column by Dean Calbreath in the U-T, comparing the Sunrise Powerlink with locally generated solar power. In particular, she was responding to the article's conclusion that solar power ...
Sunrise Powerlink: Don’t Get Fooled Again
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the day Kelly Fuller completed her epic walk along one route of the proposed Sunrise Powerlink. It also happens to be the last day to comment on this destructive, unnecessary and anti-green project. In honor ...
California Desert Conservation Area Left Out of National Landscape Conservation Act
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Desert Politics, Public Lands | No Comments »Afton Canyon, just one of the many spots in the California desert left out of today's passage of the National Landscape Conservation Act. Two hours ago, the United States House of Representatives passed the National Landscape Conservation System Act. This is good news ...
