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Letter: Comments on Soda Mountain Solar
Posted by Laraine Turk on February 16, 2023
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MBCA Comments on the Revised Soda Mountain Solar Project
Posted by Laraine Turk · September 04, 2025 10:34 AMAdd your reaction ShareA revised plan for the Soda Mountain Solar Project in the Mojave Desert near Zzyxx is being reviewed by the California Energy Commission. In MBCA's short comment letter (which includes links to background research and data), MBCA focuses on two critical issues. One is the question of whether additional such projects are even needed in California, as questioned in Melody Peterson's LA Times article "California has so much solar power that increasingly it goes to waste." The second major concern is the inevitable damage to desert ecosystems. If left undisturbed, this land could provide significant carbon sequestration, as described in the report The California Desert's Role in 30x30: Carbon Sequestration and Biodiversity.Featured post
MBCA Comments on Soda Mountain Solar ... Again
Posted by Laraine Turk · February 16, 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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