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70,000 Joshua Trees are threatened by a 16-square mile project called Sawtooth Solar, near Beatty, Nevada. This utility-scale solar project proposal is adjacent the Death Valley National Park, along the "Nevada Triangle" in a basin called Sarcobatus Flat. This project is just one of dozens being proposed as 9 million acres of public land are opened to solar development. Kevin Emmerich and Laura Cunningham of Basin and Range Watch are joined by filmmaker Justin McAffee in this third of ...

The Bureau of Land Management wants to open a vast frontier of public land the size of Indiana to solar development

He says clean energy and good jobs are vital, but local residents who want the project relocated said they were never informed he might act.

As massive solar farms spread out across the desert, the Bureau of Land Management is tasked with balancing development with preserving plants and wildlife.

The Bureau of Land Management proposes to add 5.4 million acres in five states that would be eligible for streamlined permitting of utility-scale solar

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Nevada’s first wind energy project, Spring Valley Wind, was built on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands adjacent to Great Basin National Park in a sensitive location for wildlife. Eight golden eagles are known to have been killed at the project, along with many other species of birds since its approval in 2011. Recently obtained Freedom of Information Act documents show the last 6 eagle kills, which have all gone undetected by the news media and environmental organizations. These 6 ...

In Nevada, the planned projects include a geothermal energy exploration project across 54 acres in Lyon County, and seven solar projects in Esmeralda County.

After years as a federal officer helping the Drug Enforcement Administration hunt drug lords across Central Asia, and years more teaching in Maryland classrooms, Robin Shaffer anticipated a quiet retirement watching the deep swells roll across the Atlantic and crash on to the broad Jersey Shore.

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