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NewYorkTimes: Park Service warns of solar projects' impacts to Mojave Desert
NewYorkTimes: Park Service warns of solar projects' impacts to Mojave Desert
A National Park Service official has warned the Bureau of Land Management that approving dozens of solar power plants in southern Nevada could dramatically impact water supplies across the arid region. An estimated 63 large-scale solar projects are proposed for BLM lands in the region, and the ...
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ferc.gov — Jon Wellinghoff was named Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency that oversees wholesale... electric transactions and interstate electric transmission and gas transportation in the United States, by President Barack ... (more) About FERC - Chairman Jon Wellinghoff
Desert clash over solar power, water
msnbc.msn.com — A dash to power electricity-hungry cities in the West by using the desert's most abundant resource clashes... with efforts to protect a tiny fish and conserve the region's rarest resource. (more) Desert clash over solar power, water
Blackstone discovers controversy in coal - Jan. 24, 2008
Blackstone discovers controversy in coal - Jan. 24, 2008
money.cnn.com — NEW YORK (Fortune) -- Throughout the West - in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming... - battles are raging over proposed coal plants. Caught up in two big ones is The Blackstone Group, the global asset manager than went public last ... (more) Blackstone discovers controversy in coal - Jan. 24, 2008
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United States: Park Service warns of solar projects' impacts to Mojave Desert
Ecoearth.info Blog — ... Date: April 24, 2009 Byline: Scott Streater Original URL A National Park Service official has warned the Bureau of Land Management that approving dozens of solar power plants in southern Nevada could dramatically impact water supplies across the arid region. An estimated 63 large-scale solar projects are proposed for BLM lands in the region, and the plants are expected to use a large amount of groundwater to cool and wash solar panels, according to the Feb. 5 memorandum sent by Jon Jarvis, director of the Park Service's Pacific West Region, to BLM's associate state director ...

Daily Sprout
Earth2Tech — ... Mojave, Mo’ Problems: A National Park Service official warns that approving an estimated 63 large-scale solar projects in the Mojave Desert could dramatically impact water supplies across the region because of groundwater used to cool and wash the solar panels. — Greenwire via New York Times ...

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