Threshold Number of ESA Protected Desert Tortoise Killed In Construction of Solar Thermal Plant We just received notice that the BLM has suspended construction of some of the the Ivanpah […]
Google Invests $168 Million In Ivanpah Solar Thermal Plant
Project already blading Mojave desert habitat Google announces its private investment in Brightsource Energy, the proponent of the controversial Ivanpah Solar Thermal Project: Google Solar Project: Google Invests $168 Million […]
WWP Sues to Stop Fast Tracked Ivanpah Power Plant in California
Endangered Desert Tortoise Further Imperiled by Remote Solar Plant For several months we’ve been covering the progress of the, now approved, solar power plant at Ivanpah near Las Vegas on […]
Biologists scour Mojave in desert tortoise roundup.
What has this society come to? Construction of the Ivanpah Solar plant starts. Clear the land of life for power generation that could be achieved by installing solar panels on […]
Ivanpah Power Plant – Not Clean Not Green
Michael J. Connor, Ph.D. California Director Western Watersheds Project Secretary of the Interior Salazar is about to initial a series of major giveaways of public lands in California to industrial-scale […]
Environmentalists make plea for desert preservation
A group of environmentalists says renewable energy goal shouldn’t come with destruction of native plant, animal life In the Ivanpah Solar site lies on public lands in the center of […]
Feds To Consider Tortoise for Endangered Species Act Listing
Groups Applaud Finding for Rapidly Declining Desert Icon Desert tortoise advocates have been waiting for this good news for a very long time. Should a listing take place, many human […]
Tortoise Goes to Court: Groups File Lawsuit Against Feds for Failing to Answer Request for Federal Protection
For immediate release – June 1, 2009 Tortoise Goes to Court: Groups File Lawsuit Against Feds for Failing to Answer Request for Federal Protection Contacts: Nicole Rosmarino, Ph.D., WildEarth Guardians, […]