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MBCA Comments on Golden Current Solar Project

Posted on MBCA News by · May 13, 2023 1:44 PM · 1 reaction
MBCA has submitted comments to the Bureau of Land Management's Las Vegas Field Office about the proposed Golden Current Solar Project's effects on bird migration. Research shows that birds are killed near solar installations because they are attracted to reflective panels they perceive as water. This solar project plus three others nearby would create an excessive array of danger for birds. MBCA's letter includes graphic data of bird presence in the area from the eBird program of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 

MBCA Signs onto Appeal of California's New Net Metering Plan

Posted on MBCA News by · March 04, 2023 5:35 PM · 1 reaction
MBCA is joining dozens of organizations in support of an appeal for a rehearing of the California Public Utilities Commission's decision to significantly decrease compensation to solar customers. The Center for Biological Diversity, The Protect Our Communities Foundation, and the Environmental Working Group filed the appeal. The Center's January 18, 2023 Press Release outlines the history and issues of the agency's decision that will discourage the growth of rooftop solar in California and inequitably affect low-income populations.

MBCA Comments on Soda Mountain Solar ... Again

Posted on MBCA News by · February 17, 2023 5:26 PM · 1 reaction
The 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. 

MBCA Comments on Regional Advanced Mitigation Policy Draft

Posted on MBCA News by · February 01, 2023 10:49 AM · 1 reaction
MBCA has supported the Southern California Council of Governments (SCAG) draft Regional Advanced Mitigation Policy (RAMP) draft plan. It is proposed "to allow state and federal agencies to consider the environmental impacts and mitigation needs of multiple planned infrastructure projects and urban development all at once, and satisfy those mitigation requirements early in the project planning and environmental review process." Benefits would include cost savings and climate change considerations. This comprehensive presentation about RAMP provides more background and details. 

MBCA Comments on Sienna Solar 2 in Lucerne Valley

Posted on MBCA News by · September 25, 2022 8:36 PM · 1 reaction
Changes to the proposed Sienna Solar project in Lucerne Valley triggered a new scoping comment letter from MBCA about Sienna Solar 2. The proposed site has expanded and poses a wide range of potential harms to quality of life and the desert ecosystem. In a community designated as Severely Disadvantaged, Lucerne Valley residents will be subjected to dust, degraded views, and excessive lighting. Environmental problems likely to arise include degraded air quality, water issues, and harm to wildlife including threatened species. MBCA Directors Pat Flanagan and Brian Hammer have outlined the problems and created detailed maps illustrating the issues in MBCA's Scoping Comments to San Bernardino County’s Land Use Services Department. 

Golden Currant Solar Project Needs RMP Review

Posted on MBCA News by · September 24, 2022 1:58 PM · 1 reaction
MBCA and 7 other conservation groups have requested a pause in the Golden Currant Solar project variance review until a revised Bureau of Land Management Resource Management Plan is completed to replace the 1997 version. The 25-year old plan predates many changes in desert management, including updated desert tortoise status, water availability, visual resource and habitat conservation plans, plus water availability, public land access, tribal consultation and many more concerns. While this Nevada project is not within the Morongo Basin, MBCA has always viewed the entire Mojave Desert as part of "the healthy desert environment" that we seek to preserve.

Letter: Scoping Comments for Sienna Solar and Storage Project in Lucerne Valley

Posted on MBCA Takes a Stand by · September 22, 2022 8:24 PM · 1 reaction

Letter: Comments on the Golden Currant Solar Project Variance Process

Posted on MBCA Takes a Stand by · August 04, 2022 12:07 PM · 1 reaction

MBCA Participates in Solar Rights Rally

Posted on MBCA News by · July 20, 2022 9:50 PM · 1 reaction
7-20-22_MBCA_and_Solar_Rights.jpegMBCA President Steve Bardwell (l) and Director Arch McCulloch (r) participated in the Solar Rights Rally held in Cathedral City on July 20. They are pictured here with Solar Rights Alliance Executive Director Dave Rosenfeld. The rally was one in a statewide series to "sound the alarm about the utilities' solar tax and call on Governor Gavin Newsom to keep solar affordable for middle- and working-class families."
Around 50 people participated on a 110-degree day. 

Eblast July 20, 2022

Posted on Eblasts by · July 20, 2022 6:29 PM · 1 reaction
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  • Desert Wise Virtual Landscape videos released
  • Planning Commission to vote on Housing Element
  • Industrial Scale Renewable Energy Threats to the Desert
 
 
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