News and Views from the Desert Protective Council.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Better Use for SDG&E’s Sunrise Powerlink Dollars

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »

April 8 Update: Good article by the North County Times' Dave Downey on SCE's solar plan, and reactions from Bill Powers and SDG&E. Unsurprisingly, SDG&E dismissed a similar plan for San Diego. Inspired by the popular Michael J. Fox movie "Forward ...