Showing posts with label National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA). Show all posts
August 28, 2017

Under Obama, a gold mining firm was fine with a Mojave Desert monument. Under Trump, an about-face

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Aren Hall, environmental manager of the open-pit Newcastle mining operation, surveys the eastern Mojave Desert site. (Louis Sahagun / Los ...
December 31, 2014

Eagle Mountain legal battle settled after 15 years

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A massive iron ore mining pit at Eagle Mountain in the remote desert just east of the Coachella Valley. (Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun) S...
November 8, 2014

Will renewable energy ruin an 'irreplaceable' Mojave desert oasis?

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The BLM has called the Silurian Valley an "undisturbed, irreplaceable, historic scenic landscape." But now the federal agency is c...
April 16, 2014

Huge solar project questioned

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The proposed Silurian Valley solar project would install photovoltaic panels such as those pictured here at the First Solar is project nea...
February 20, 2014

Opposition Mounts to Solar Project On Mojave Preserve Boundary

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View of the North Array site's currently undisturbed desert tortoise habitat from the Soda Mountains. (Courtesy Basin and Range Watch)...
October 8, 2013

Cadiz project would drain our lifeblood from the desert

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Guest commentary By Jay Cravath San Bernardino County Sun N ewspapers recently reported that Congressman Paul Cook, representing the no...
August 12, 2013

Cadiz water project takes most of congressman’s visit time

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By JENNIFER DENEVAN Needles Desert Star NEEDLES — A visit by Rep. Paul Cook of California’s 8th Congressional District mostly focused o...
July 25, 2013

Desert congressman calls for federal review of Cadiz project

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An aerial view of Cadiz Inc. land in the eastern Mojave Desert, looking northeast to Fenner Gap. The company wants to pump groundwater f...
May 29, 2013

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging Cadiz water project

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Seven suits from three groups still pending over plan to pump Mojave Desert groundwater. By BROOKE EDWARDS STAGGS ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER ...
July 20, 2012

$20 million tortoise habitat deal in the works

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An aerial view of the construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, which is scheduled to be completed in 2013. The project’...
June 8, 2012

Supervisor Opposes Settlement with U.S. on County Roads in Mojave National Preserve

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Secret settlement a disservice to the public and property owners Highland Community News SAN BERNARDINO – Despite leading the effort tha...

County settles suit over Mojave National Preserve roads

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Supervisors sell out property owners for an annual $53,000 savings From Staff Reports Victorville Daily Press E nvironmental groups rea...
September 13, 2011

BLM rapped for silencing citizens

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by David Danelski Press-Enterprise The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has decided to allow members of the public to speak during meeting...
June 4, 2011

Drawing water from desert

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Pipeline may create 745 jobs and make lake bed a source of air pollution Lesley Thornburg from Cadiz Company walks through the vineyard at...
February 16, 2011

Act would set aside Mojave land

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The bill states that there shall be no commercial development within the areas locked up. Seth Shteir of the National Parks Conservation ...
March 4, 2010

Visitors can bring their weapons

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By JOHN ASBURY The Press-Enterprise A new federal law lifts a ban on firearms in national parks, but officials at Joshua Tree National ...
February 19, 2010

Government: Loaded guns allowed in national parks, wildlife refuges as of Monday

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MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Loaded guns will be allowed in Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and other national parks un...
December 22, 2009

Legislation would set pair of national monuments

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JOE NELSON San Bernardino Sun Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Monday introduced legislation that would establish two new national mon...