Showing posts with label Wildlands Conservancy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wildlands Conservancy. Show all posts
January 30, 2016

Mojave Desert areas on verge of protection under 1906 law

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By Carolyn Lochhead San Francisco Chronicle AMBOY, San Bernardino County — Drive mile upon mile through California’s Mojave Desert, and ...
April 6, 2012

Environmentalists feeling burned by rush to build solar projects

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Local activists say national groups, focused on renewable energy, ignore projects' threat to the Mojave. By Julie Cart Los Angeles T...
December 5, 2011

Desert preservationist Hughes dies

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Pioneering Inland-area environmentalist Elden Hughes outstretches his arms while saying, "What a beautiful day" in 2009. (FILE PHO...
May 21, 2010

Sen. Dianne Feinstein presses ahead with monuments bill

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PETER URBAN Desert Sun Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) I t may not happen this year, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday she will su...
April 15, 2010

Checking up on Whitewater Canyon's wild things

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Researchers and university students conduct a two-day 'bio-blitz' to survey the wildlife inhabiting an oasis near Palm Springs Vol...
March 11, 2010

DWP drops plan to build 85-mile power transmission line across the desert

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Environmental groups opposed the $800-million Green Path North Transmission Line because it would have crossed wilderness preserves and scen...
December 21, 2009

Desert Vistas vs. Solar Power

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The solar developer BrightSource Energy has canceled one solar-energy project in the Mojave Desert, above, but is proceeding with several o...
September 23, 2009

Greens Vs. Solar

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EDITORIAL Investor's Business Daily Environmentalism: The ditching of a desert renewable-energy project shows just how difficult it i...
September 22, 2009

Desert monument idea is starting to shine

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise Land around the Old Woman Mountains is part of the area supporters want considered for a monument...
September 18, 2009

Solar energy firm drops plan for project in Mojave Desert

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BrightSource Energy's decision ends a battle with environmentalists over a 5,130-acre site in a proposed national monument. By Louis S...
September 17, 2009

Alliance to promote Mother Road

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By MARJ DARIO Needles Desert Star NEEDLES - In the novel “The Grapes of Wrath,” John Steinbeck wrote, “(Route) 66 is the mother road, the...
September 16, 2009

Monument plan creates rift

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MOJAVE DESERT: The Schwarzenegger administration fears the preserve may interfere with energy projects. By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enter...
September 8, 2009

Renewable energy plan creates rift

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Environmentalist David Myers says eSolar does energy right at its Sierra SunTower location, which has not used pristine land. (Robert Hanash...

RFK Jr., enviros clash over Mojave solar proposal

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RENEWABLE ENERGY Colin Sullivan Greenwire SAN FRANCISCO -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is no stranger to hardball politics. The enviro...