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. ...
Gov’s New Address
Friday, October 24th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffLast week we asked you to call or write Governor Schwarzenegger and ask him to terminate the Sunrise Powerlink. If you called, that's great! If you used the e-mail address we provided, then it probably bounced back. Turns out that, like ...
Sunrise Power Linkage
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 Posted in Endangered Species, Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffChris Clarke has a great post on Coyote Crossing summarizing the whole Sunrise Powerlink issue. It's a great primer for anyone new to the issue, and also asks people to call and e-mail Governor Schwarzenegger. Here's a link. A popular science blog ...
Tell the Gov. to Terminate the Sunrise Powerlink
Friday, October 17th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffHere's a quick, easy and vital action you can take to stop the unnecessary, destructive and wasteful Sunrise Powerlink. (You know the action is urgent when we resort to Terminator cliche's! Why's this so important right now? Because the other ...
New Sunrise Powerlink Documentary
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffFrom our friends at Backcountry Against the Dump: PREMIER OF NEW DOCUMENTARY "A QUESTION OF POWER" ON SDG&E'S PROPOSED SUNRISE POWERLINK Sunday, October 19, at 7 p.m. Stone Brewing in Escondido Premiere is Free and Open to the Public. Stubborn Mule Productions and Backcountry Against the Dump, ...
Sunrise Powerlink, Eastern San Diego Wind
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Public Lands, Sunrise Powerlink, renewable energy | 1 Comment »Final documents on two controversial San Diego plans have been released, prompting this long blog post. Sunrise Powerlink Yesterday, the CPUC released its Final EIR on the Sunrise Powerlink. The big picture: SDG&E's preferred route for this transmission line through Anza-Borrego is ...
Do We Really Need a Bunch of New Wires?
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | 2 Comments »UPDATE: Turns out the Capitol Weekly article is a much edited version of Bill's original commentary. The original has a lot more detail on California's transmission capacity and the economics of renewable energy, and it's available here. It's October, and Bill ...
Sunrise Powerlink – It’s all about the LNG
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffIn case it wasn't already proven beyond a doubt, a new report from the California Energy Commission shows that the main purpose for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink is to import power from gas-fired plants in Baja California. An article by ...
Writin’ and Rockin’ in the Desert
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Art & Nature, Sunrise Powerlink | 1 Comment »Need a break from the gloom, doom and snarky sarcasm of DesertBlog? Chris Clarke has some great stuff posted on his Coyote Crossing site: desert poetry, essays, and tidbits from his summer basecamp in Nipton -- can you say "hot"? ...
Sunrise Powerlink Letter-Writing Opportunity
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 Posted in Sunrise Powerlink | Comments OffLast Sunday, the Desert Sun newspaper published an opinion piece on the Sunrise Powerlink by former California Energy Commission chairman Bill Keese, which denied that the Sunrise Powerlink is really about power plants in Mexicali (like the one at the ...
