The California Energy Commission, the state's primary energy agency, has launched a website intended to keep Californians up to date on the state's progress toward 100% clean energy. California's Clean Energy Journey highlights topics such as innovation, transportation, efficiency, and equity and tribal partnerships. Content incudes graphs, charts, and videos about various projects and goals. 

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Although the House and Senate Congressional resolutions S.J.Res.109 and H.J.Res.151 deal specifically with overturning the management plan for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, the implications for public lands everywhere would be dire. MBCA has sent letters to Representative Obernolte, Senator Padilla, and Senator Schiff asking them to oppose the House and Senate resolutions directing the cancellation of the management plan. A key message to Representative Obernolte is "For a district...

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Miriam Seger, MBCA's landscape gardening guru, is featured in an article in the Palm Springs Life magazine this month. Miriam's expertise and effective teaching style can be experienced in MBCA's series of instructional videos produced by Board member Stacy Doolittle and filmed by local videographer Cole Gibson. Segments focus on Deep Watering, Planting Hacks, and a Fall Planting Guide, each containing easy-to-follow demonstrations with detailed and entertaining advice. Miriam has...

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On March 23 in a special extension to its March 10 regular meeting, the Twentynine Palms City Council rejected the E-Group Solar Project proposed for the Harmony Acres area of the City after hearing about 3 hours of public comments. Residents expressed concerns about dust, water usage, destruction of desert habitat, and health issues. MBCA formally commented in 2024 and several Board members including Twentynine Palms resident Pat Flanagan have...

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By signing this online form, MBCA joined numerous organizations requesting that California Senators oppose the nomination of Steve Pearce as Director of BLM. The online form outlines many examples of Pearce's actions demonstrating "hostility to our cherished public lands."

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MBCA signed on to two prior substantive comment letters (2022, 2024) protesting inadequate provisions for human and environmental issues in the project plan for the proposed Morongo Canyon Highway 62 Multi-Tenant Wireless Broadband Communications Site. Among the many concerns presented in MBCA's current letter are harm to dark night skies and scenic values, damage to biological resources including habitat connectivity, soil erosion, failure to evaluate lower-impact options, and cumulative impacts. 

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