Tag: solar power

  • Right wing disinformation: Bundy’s Land Is NOT Solar Farm for Harry Reid

    Right wing seizes on Bundy trespass to go after Harry Reid- When a local issue goes national, it is often warped into other political agendas. We see that clearly with Cliven Bundy’s 20 years of public land cattle trespass coming to a head. A cursory search shows a sudden explosion of articles claiming Nevada’s senior…

  • Are solar companies learning it’s smart to get along with conservationists?

    Some current cooperation with the Sierra Club suggests so- Solar  companies need to do offsets to reduce harms, and hopefully at times they can improve wildlife habitat. Here is a recent hopeful story.  Solar companies learn to play nice with environmentalists. By Ucilia Wang. Gigaom.

  • Why Big Solar is a Colossally Bad Idea

    Ten reasons why decentralized solar is much better- And this is article does not even mention the negative effects of big solar on wildlife. Meanwhile, however, GE and others secure largest thermal solar project. Clean Technica

  • 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 In Mojave Power Plant – Huffington Post The commitment announced Monday is part of the financing that BrightSource Energy needs to build a solar power…

  • 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 the California side of the Nevada/California border. Initial construction has begun and biologists have rounded up as many desert tortoises as they can to prepare…

  • 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 very important desert tortoise habitat so the company proposes to move those tortoise to a new area before construction begins. This is a strategy that…

  • Senator Feinstein to introduce bills for 2 new national monuments in Mojave Desert

    Mojave Trails National Monument would protect 941,000 acres of public land. 314,000 acres of existing ORV areas would also be protected- The article says environmentalists, hunters, and off-roaders support the legislation. Part of these areas had been targeted for big solar power developments. The total list is: Mojave Trails NM, 941,000 acres; Sand to Snow…

  • Idaho man gets federal money to develop his idea of putting solar panels in highways

    This would be a way to deploy solar power collectors without disrupting remote and pristine public lands- It also seems to me that a way to use the electricity to power a new generation of vehicle might also be possible. Idaho man gets federal money to develop his idea of putting solar panels in highways.…

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