But Is "Green" Really "Green?" by Birgitta Jansen The article that follows is long and detailed, but the subject ought not be dismissed casually. The extensive documentation in end notes may be accessed at the Desert Report website by going to the bottom margin on any page and clicking on "reference." Since the 1950s, the … Continue reading The Greening of America
Nevada’s Outback
The Next Green Energy Ground Zero by Kevin Emmerich, Basin and Range Watch Large-scale renewable energy developers have been looking for ways to develop vast swaths of Nevada public lands for about twelve years now. Their problem has always been a lack of available transmission access and capacity. Just about every basin in Nevada has … Continue reading Nevada’s Outback
Mo-ja-ve
Poem by Shannon Salter, read at the site of the Yellow Pine Solar Project in Pahrump Valley Jackrabbit, you are my brother! The blue whale burst off inside you The white sun It is 1905 and America has built the Union Pacific Railroad And the heart of God has put his face onto the cement … Continue reading Mo-ja-ve
September 2021 – Latest Issue
Fundamental Choices • From the Editor • Nevada's Outback: Green Energy Ground Zero • Greening of America: But is it Really "Green?" • Mo-Ja-Ve: A Poem Read at Pahrump Valley Other articles • The 30x30 Campaign in California • Dennis Casebier: Legend of California Desert • Water In The West: Failure of Colorado River • … Continue reading September 2021 – Latest Issue
Trump’s Border Legacy and a Civics Lesson
One Citizen can Make a Difference by Nick Ervin He is gone. Yet his legacy, in all too many regrettable ways, persists. Donald Trump is now a private citizen, but the consequences of his four year assault on America's environment live on to haunt us. The destruction has occurred at so many levels and can … Continue reading Trump’s Border Legacy and a Civics Lesson
The Climate Costs of Tourism
We are All Locavists Now - Let's Stay that Way! by Steve Hollenhorst We've all thought it while stuck in our contracted pandemic worlds of home, zoom meetings, grocery runs, and local exercise circuits. We can't help but think, "I can't wait to travel again." Like starving castaways, we fantasize over the places we will … Continue reading The Climate Costs of Tourism
In Love with Death Valley – a Visitor from Europe
by Monica von Behr It was in 2011, on a research-trip for a documentary, that my husband and I saw Death Valley for the first time. It was love at first glance: the overwhelming space, melting into a bluish infinity, surrounded by far away mountain ranges, vaulted by an enormous unlimited sky. We never had … Continue reading In Love with Death Valley – a Visitor from Europe
June 2021
In this issue: • The Dying Screwbean Mesquite • In Love With Death Valley: A Visitor From Europe • The Climate Costs of Tourism • Save The Planet and Spare The Desert! • Trump's Border Legacy and a Civics Lesson • Protecting Sage Grouse Habitat • Another Presence on the Mexican Border: Respect For Lives … Continue reading June 2021
Cyanide Heap Leach Gold Mine at Indian Pass – will this Travesty of Justice never end?
From: Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, March 9, 2021 Subject: Update on Imperial USA Corporation/Kore mining exploration project at Indian Pass. In 1994, Glamis Gold, a Canadian gold producer, attempted to obtain permits to operate a mine on the sacred and culturally significant land at Indian Pass in Imperial County, CA. At the time, … Continue reading Cyanide Heap Leach Gold Mine at Indian Pass – will this Travesty of Justice never end?
Protecting Public Lands
Can conventional planning work? by Stephen McCool IT WASN’T TOO LONG ago that I was sitting on the banks of the Rio Negro − a major tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil − reflecting on changes that are coming to that region. And like the Amazon Basin, change is coming to the California desert. … Continue reading Protecting Public Lands