Aguirre Threatens to Sue SDG&E
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »In a story first reported exclusively on DesertBlog in May, San Diego City Attorney Michael Aguirre has vowed to sue San Diego Gas & Electric over its half-hearted efforts to meet the state's renewable energy mandate. Yesterday, the City Attorney's ...
DPC Prompts Additional Big Solar Meeting
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | No Comments »This is an urgent post from the Desert Protective Council's Imperial County Conservation Coordinator. Your presence is needed at an important public hearing. This is your most important opportunity to learn about and voice your questions and concerns about the ...
Sunrise Powerlink Media Onslaught
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »Sure power lines are ugly, but that's not the main point. They also cause fires, reduce our energy security, and carry any type of power a company cares to put on them, from clean to dirty. In no way can ...
Desert Protective Council on the Radio
Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in renewable energy | No Comments »"Desert warfare: Solar energy plants forge strange alliances" (KPCC radio, 6/9/08) "The fight for desert land - at least one million acres are being considered for energy use - has brought together a strange mix of allies in opposition to the ...
Sunrise Powerlink Coverage in High Country News
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »My Google news alert for Sunrise Powerlink popped up today with a nice post by Judith Lewis on her Little Green Animals blog. She gives the behind-the-scenes dirt on her new article in High Country News covering transmission for "renewable energy" in ...
Sunrise Powerlink in the Blogosphere
Friday, May 16th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »Photo by Diana Lindsay. The Sunrise Powerlink hearings last Monday were well covered by bloggers. In addition to DesertBlog's coverage, here are several other sites: Christmas Letter blog: An informative post from one of the most eloquent speakers I heard at the ...
Aguirre Criticizes Sunrise Powerlink, Gives SDG&E Solar Deadline
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »In his most strongly worded admonishment of SDG&E yet, San Diego City Attorney called on the company to come up with a rooftop solar plan for San Diego within 60 days, citing his authority to enforce state and local laws ...
Should we clearcut forests to install solar farms?
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in desert plants, renewable energy | No Comments »Of course not. In addition to all their other values, forests act as carbon sinks. Yet according to a study reported in Nature Reports: Climate Change, deserts may store as much carbon as some temperate forests. The carbon is stored not ...
Why Protect the Desert?
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature, Sunrise Powerlink | 3 Comments »The Sunrise Powerlink would run at the base of the distant mountains in this photo, altering the experience of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in the San Felipe Hills. "The desert's a good place for the Sunrise Powerlink -- ...
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 ...
