Letter: Support for Residents VS Easley Solar
Posted by Laraine Turk on March 11, 2024
Related MBCA News follows this letter.
Posted by
Laraine Turk · October 23, 2023 8:44 PM
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.
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Eblast: March 30, 2025
Saturday Rally, March 22, Supporting Chuckwalla National Monument
Eblast: March 04, 2025
Video and PowerPoint slides from 56 th Annual Meeting available!
MBCA joins in appeal of approval of Lovemore Ranch
Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act Workshop March 10, 2025
Attend California Desert Coalition Meeting on changes to NEPA
Desert Wise Living Landscape Tour April 27, 2025
MBCA Comments on Proposed Changes to Wind Turbine Specifications
In this letter to San Bernardino County Senior Planner Maryn Wells, MBCA expresses concerns about a proposed Development Code amendment that would permit expansion of the generating capacity of wind turbines Countywide. With the potential for placement of 100-foot tall wind turbines within the Rural Living Zone, MBCA is calling for the imposition of a Conditional Use Permit for the permitting of wind turbines throughout the County. Especially in desert...
MBCA Joins National Parks Conservation Association Requesting Reversal of Workforce Reductions
MBCA is one of 495 organizations which have signed on to this letter from the National Parks Conservation Association to Senators and Congressional representatives. The letter requests immediate reversal of the recent federal workforce reductions, "particularly those individuals who had been employed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), USDA Forest Service, (USFS) and the National Park Service (NPS). The letter states that the...
MBCA Appeals Planning Commission Approval of Lovemore Ranch
On February 3 MBCA filed an appeal of the January 23 Planning Commission approval of the Lovemore Ranch Development in Joshua Tree. (Relevant County project documents prepared by the developer and reports by the County can be found by clicking Lovemore Ranch on this page.) The appeal is based on, among other things, a deficient staff report by Land Use Services and an inaccurate CEQA initial Study, not presenting comment...
Energy Distribution and Conservation Topics Highlight MBCA's Annual Meeting
Keynote Speaker Bernadette Del Chiaro provided an audience of over 70 gathered on January 25 for MBCA's Annual Meeting with a message that "Rooftop Solar Is Essential To California’s Clean Energy Goals." She provided detailed and incisive information (view her PowerPoint slides) about California's power distribution system and the imbalance between utility company profit goals and the need to speed up renewable energy with rooftop and distributed solar. Compelling evidence was presented...
Eblast: January 21, 2025
Attend MBCA 56th Annual Meeting!
President Biden Designates Chuckwalla National Monument
Despite having to reschedule the official signing ceremony due to extreme winds in southern California, President Biden today designated Chuckwalla National Monument in the California desert and also Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in northern California. (Enjoy this PBS video of the actual ceremony on January 14.) The Chuckwalla designation honors the cultural significance of desert lands for several Tribal Nations as well as securing over 600,000 acres of carbon-sequestering land from inappropriate...
Eblast: December 27, 2024
Plan to Attend MBCA Annual Meeting
Scenic 247 and County Long-Range Multimodal Transportation Plan
Lighting and Dark Sky Workshop
Cadiz Water
2025 Desert Wise Living Landscape Tour
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