Showing posts with label renewable energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label renewable energy. Show all posts
July 1, 2015

Eagle Mountain hydropower plant takes big step forward

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A massive iron ore mining pit at Eagle Mountain in the remote desert east of the Coachella Valley. The Eagle Mountain iron mine was built ...
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...
November 20, 2014

BLM rejectes application for Silurian Valley energy project

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Kailah Miles,11, of Apple Valley and her brother Rex, 8, walk back to their family's campsite at the Dumont Dunes in the Silurian Valley...
October 22, 2014

Southern California Desert Management Plan Worries Activists

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A sweeping renewable energy management plan for Southern California's desert regions is stirring fears about potential new solar farms a...
July 24, 2014

2 supervisors oppose giant wind project

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Lovingood, Ramos write letter to BLM North Peak Wind Project map. Wind turbines and giant power poles of the renewable energy project could ...
July 4, 2014

Mojave Solar: Can big power make it online?

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Mojave Solar Project near Hinkley, California under construction. GARY BRODEUR, STAFF WRITER Victorville Daily Press HINKLEY — One of ...
June 27, 2014

Imperial Irrigation District pitches Salton Sea plan

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A plan to increase renewable energy production in and around the Salton Sea — and have utilities help finance the ailing lake’s ultimate r...
May 16, 2014

Mojave Desert not ideal for massive solar project

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Soda Mountain is a proposed solar project seen from the air on Wednesday, February 5, 2014. Several big solar and wind energy projects are m...
May 2, 2014

Off-roaders cry foul at renewable energy plan

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Brightsource Solar Facility Anneli Fogt Desert Dispatch VICTORVILLE • Off-roading enthusiast Jon Stewart was among dozens of people w...
March 6, 2014

Enviro Group Sues to Block New Desert Solar Projects Over Threat to Tortoises

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Adult desert tortoise with four juveniles. (Lake Mead NRA/Flickr/Creative Commons License) by Chris Clarke KCET.org T he environmenta...
February 13, 2014

A Huge Solar Plant Opens, Facing Doubts About Its Future

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A field of mirrors at the Ivanpah power plant in California. The plant took almost four years to complete and stretches over more than fiv...
February 1, 2014

Renewable energy policy enters final act

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OPINION Soda Mountains Solar project map. (BLM) Written by David Lamfrom Desert Sun T he renewable energy policy world is filled with...

Solar plant powers up, turns on desert show

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BrightSource Tower surrounded by mirrors near Ivanpah Dry Lake. By David Danelski Orange County Register Without fanfare, one of the bi...
January 30, 2014

Ivanpah Solar Project Quietly Goes Online -- Or Does It?

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Ivanpah Solar Electric generating System (Photo: torroid/Flickr/Creative Commons License) by Chris Clarke Rewire | KCET.ORG News repo...
January 23, 2014

The tortoise and the flare: California solar power projects confront habitat impact

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Around the country, developers, policymakers and environmentalists are faced with balancing the need for clean energy with protection of th...
January 21, 2014

World's biggest solar plant may pave way for smaller-scale renewable future

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Vast desert solar farms helping to meet energy targets but environment and wildlife campaigners raise concerns BrightSource Energy's Iva...
November 12, 2013

New Desert Protection Act Coming

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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. Commentary by Sen. Dianne Feinstein SCV News.com A s America’s environmental innovator, California d...
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...