Showing posts with label geothermal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geothermal. Show all posts
March 10, 2015

Desert plan shifts focus to public land

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Federal and state officials put plans for privately owned land on the back burner. Larry LaPre, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Bureau of...
October 29, 2013

Imperial Valley's pact could help save the Salton Sea

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Members of the Imperial Irrigation District board of directors, the Imperial County board of supervisors, and other officials commemorate th...
February 1, 2013

Federal gift of land to schools went awry

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Jill Tucker San Francisco Chronicle T here was a time when California's schools were financially set for life - holding the rights...
November 29, 2011

Finding a fix for dying Salton Sea

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After years of inaction by state, lawmaker wants to put regional group at helm Pelicans fly to Mullet Island, one of the four Salton Buttes,...
March 12, 2010

Community celebrates Green Path North's demise

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By Jutta Biggerstaff Hi-Desert Star Ruth Rieman and April Sall, leaders of the California Desert Coalition, embrace after the announce...
September 22, 2009

L.A. may drop plans for controversial transmission line

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The DWP's proposed 85-mile-long Green Path North line through unspoiled desert and wildlife preserves was opposed by community and envir...
March 5, 2009

Extensive lands protection bill could thwart new energy development

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By SCOTT STREATER New York Times T he 111th Congress is poised to usher in the largest expansion of the nation's wilderness in a generat...
February 27, 2009

New Green Path North proposal would avoid sensitive desert areas

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By JANET ZIMMERMAN The Press-Enterprise A new route proposed for a controversial power line would sidestep sensitive Mojave Desert land by ...
February 4, 2009

Why Aren't More Geothermal Projects Moving Forward in California?

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Drilling rig under contract at the Truckhaven geothermal project in northwestern Imperial County. (photo: David Baker, San Francisco Chroni...
January 26, 2009

Southern California utilities eye Inland desert as energy goldmine

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By LESLIE BERKMAN The Press-Enterprise I nland Southern California's desert backyard is ground zero in the state's efforts to cut ba...

Mapping California deserts for projects, protection

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JAKE HENSHAW Desert Sun S tate officials are mapping the California desert to identify what to designate for renewable energy projects and w...
January 23, 2009

Battle over desert power line escalates

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An environmental group asks the state Supreme Court to review PUC approval of the project. By Marla Dickerson Los Angeles Times A n environm...
December 19, 2008

DWP sticks with Green Path North project, rejects Edison's offer to use power lines

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By DAVID DANELSKI The Press-Enterprise S outhern California Edison is offering an alternative to the Green Path North power line project tha...

Desert power line gets OK

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The ratepayer-funded electrical transmission project aims to boost the use of clean sources. By Marc Lifsher Los Angeles Times Reporting fro...
December 18, 2008

Debate over Sunrise Powerlink may be near decision

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Transmission lines near Boulevard in San Diego County. Many area residents have criticized a utility’s plan to erect what it calls a superhi...
December 3, 2008

Feds halt plan to drill in scenic Utah canyons

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Areas populated by big game still will be auctioned, environmentalists say Utah's Monument Basin in Canyonlands National Park in 2007. D...