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 ...
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 ...
The DesertBlog Twitter Experiment
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 2 Comments »I'd like to get your feedback on yesterday's posts on Twitter from the Sunrise Powerlink hearings in Borrego Springs. It was an experiment, to say the least. Covering an event through Twitter is a pretty new thing. Scott Beale covered the ...
Aguirre Criticizes Sunrise Powerlink, Gives SDG&E Solar Deadline
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »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 ...
Hi-Tech Access to Sunrise Powerlink Hearings
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »Assuming the Verizon Wireless signal in the desert is as good as the Borrego Springs Resort says it is, DesertBlog will be posting short updates on the Sunrise Powerlink to Twitter.com. To follow the posts in real time, you'll need ...
More Sunrise Powerlink Info
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Anza-Borrego, Desert Politics, Sunrise Powerlink | 2 Comments »This is the only kind of sunrise we need to see from the San Felipe Hills -- or anywhere else in San Diego's backcountry. UPDATE: The San Diego Union-Tribune covered Sempra's donation to the Governor today, May 10, in this article. The ...
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 ...
More Sunrise Powerlink News from San Diego EarthFair
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | No Comments »I didn't get to see the mayoral forum at Sunday's EarthFair in Balboa Park, but I heard several accounts that challenger Steve Francis just about came out against the Sunrise Powerlink with many critical comments about this boondoggle. (Yesterday, Francis ...
