Letter: Comments on Soda Mountain Solar
Posted by Laraine Turk on February 16, 2023
Related MBCA News follows this letter.
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MBCA Comments on Soda Mountain Solar ... Again
Posted by Laraine Turk · February 17, 2023 5:26 PMAdd your reaction ShareThe Soda Mountain Solar project along the I-15 corridor that was denied six and a half years ago is again being evaluated. In this comprehensive comment letter submitted as a Draft Environmental Impact Report is being prepared, MBCA outlines still-pertinent and new concerns ranging from fugitive dust and environmental justice to issues of widespread unobstructed views that entice visitors and the "lake effect" that entices birds to their deaths.Featured post
Eblast: August 29, 2016
Posted by Sarah Kennington · August 29, 2016 6:44 PMContinue reading → Add your reaction Share- Altamira Gated Housing Project
- Joshua Tree Solar Farm
- Soda Mountain Solar Project
- Dollar General Store vs. Joshua Tree
- Homestead Valley & Pioneertown Community Plans
- MBCA Desert Wise Living fall lecture
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A Desert Victory: Soda Mountain Solar
Posted by Laraine Turk · August 24, 2016 8:49 PMContinue reading → Add your reaction ShareFederal and State Level Deny Soda Mountain Solar Certification
A DESERT VICTORY!Featured post
Eblast: August 15, 2016
Posted by Sarah Kennington · August 15, 2016 7:03 PMContinue reading → Add your reaction Share- Joshua Tree Solar Farm – video broadcast TOMORROW in JT
- Soda Mountain Solar – comment deadline 8/22/16
- MBCA Desert Wise Living fall lecture 9/24/16
- Joshua Tree Airport Solar Farm - Appeal Hearing decision
- Broadcast live via videoconference at the JT Burke Government Center tomorrow, Tuesday, August 16th, starting at 1:00PM
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Eblast: July 16, 2016
Posted by Sarah Kennington · July 16, 2016 7:28 PMContinue reading → Add your reaction Share- Sand to Snow National Monument Collaboration Workshop
- Joshua Tree Community Plan meeting with San Bernardino County representatives
- Joshua Tree Airport Solar Farm BOS Appeal Hearing
- Soda Mountain Solar BOS Hearing
- Dollar General: JT Downtown Business Alliance loses in State Court of Appeal
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Eblast: July 11, 2016
Posted by Sarah Kennington · July 11, 2016 7:19 PMContinue reading → Add your reaction Share- Soda Mountain Solar Energy: SB Co. Supervisors decide on Aug. 23rd
- Big Bear Lake Xeriscape Garden Tour
- MBCA Founder Susan Luckie Reilly celebrated
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Eblast: June 7, 2016
Posted by Sarah Kennington · June 07, 2016 7:09 PMContinue reading → Add your reaction Share- Pumped Dry: The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater - June 8
- Salton Sea Action Committee's Ex-Officio & Stakeholders Meeting - June 9
- Emeritus Director Susan Luckie Reilly celebrates her 100th Birthday!
- Public Meeting: Land Use in the Johnson Valley Area
- Soda Mountain Solar: SB Co. Supervisors to decide future
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Eblast November 8, 2023
Attend County Virtual Meeting on Short Term Rentals
Flamingo 640 to be Heard by Board of Supervisors
Landers Eco Dome Project
Ongoing Threats to Rooftop Solar
Desert Wise Living Landscape Tour Videos Now ReleasedItem 1
MBCA Comments on Landers Eco Dome Project
Covering multiple areas of concern, MBCA has submitted two comment letters challenging the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration/Initial Study (MND/IS) and in opposition to the granting of a Conditional use Permit (CUP) for this "Eco Dome Campground" project in Landers. One letter notes both the inappropriate designation as a campground, and the inaccurate characterization of the "Eco Domes" as related to the Integratron, a totally unique historic building that has nothing but...
Eblast September 26, 2023
Proposed Chuckwalla National Monument
Plan to Attend California Desert Summit
Attend the 8th Annual Night Sky Festival
Desert Wise Living Landscape Tour Videos Now Being Released
Easley Solar Project Comments Emphasize Dust and Environmental Justice
MBCA's October 23 comment letter about the proposed Easley Solar Project near Lake Tamarisk and Desert Center explains how the proposal will add to the already excessive dust problems in current projects nearby, affecting residents' health and violating concepts of environmental justice. Additionally and critically, undisturbed desert land provides carbon sequestration that has far more value and far less harm than scraping more desert for industrial scale solar.
Supervisors Approve RCIS Resolution without Recommended Change
A resolution to support the Regional Conservation Investment Strategy was on the September 26 agenda of the San Bernardino County Supervisors. While MBCA joined other organizations in supporting the RCIS in an August 2023 comment letter, one of the provisions in the Supervisors’ resolution negated much of the value of the plan. Comments from MBCA and the SummerTree Institute, among others, requested deletion of Provision 7, which would disastrously limit...
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