October 15, 2012

New Rules for Meteorite Hunters

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The Bureau of Land Management has new rules governing the collection of meteorites found on public lands A close-up of the Sutter’s Mill ...
October 14, 2012

Massive turbines rise in Ocotillo

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By Alejando Davila | Staff Writer Imperial Valley Press For Don Quixote, windmills were monstrous giants, some with arms nearly two leagu...
October 5, 2012

Board Endorses LA & Orange Counties Draining Desert Aquifer

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San Bernardino County Sentinel Seth Shteir, of the National Parks Conservation Association, speaks during a protest of the groundwater man...
October 4, 2012

Canal break slows Colorado River flow

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State Route 72 following a breach in a Central Arizona Project canal near Bouse Arizona, early Sunday morning. (Photo courtesy John Mickey...
October 1, 2012

County supervisors approve Cadiz desert water pumping plan

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Ruth Musser-Lopez, a former council member from Needles, speaks during a protest of the groundwater management plan for the Cadiz project, b...

Feds Plan Roundup for 3,500 Wild Horses, Burros

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A wild stallion runs for freedom after jumping over the fence of a holding area during a wild horse roundup in the Clan Alpine Range in Fall...
September 30, 2012

Cadiz water project faces federal, local hurdles

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The Metropolitan Water District, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, environmental rules and lawsuits could stand in the way of the controversial Ca...
September 29, 2012

Protect Mojave Desert water sources

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Point of View Greg McKnight San Bernardino Sun T he story of California cannot be told without telling the history of water. That has b...
September 22, 2012

Decision delayed on expansion of Marine base at Twentynine Palms

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Johnson Valley, west of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at Twentynine Palms. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Ti...
September 20, 2012

Taxpayers, ratepayers will fund California solar plants

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A new breed of prospectors -- banks, insurers, utility companies -- are receiving billions in subsidies while taxpayer and ratepayers are pa...

Environmentalists Split Over Tortoise Treatment at Solar Farms

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BrightSource Energy Inc. is caring the desert tortoises as they are found while biologists prepare new homes for them elsewhere in the deser...
September 15, 2012

Wind Developer Taking Aim at Mojave National Preserve

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Image depicts the approximate boundaries of the proposed Crescent Peak Wind energy project in red, located in Nevada along the California b...
September 12, 2012

Arizona high court rules that Congress did not reserve water rights for state trust lands

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FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Congress did not intend to reserve water rights for state trust lands, the Arizona Su...

Stinky L.A. smell tied to dead fish in the Salton Sea, officials say

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Dead fish along the Salton Sea shoreline in southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District acknowledged the possibili...
September 11, 2012

Storms flood parts of Vegas, Navajo land, Calif. desert communities, Utah town

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University of Nevada students Ryan Klorman, left, and Markus Adams relax on inflatable pool toys in floodwater in a parking lot at UNLV in ...