After a long dry spell, we’re posting again.
Here’s something we meant to post earlier: It seems that the US government shares our worries about the environmental impact of solar power projects on desert environments. Not that we’re against them completely — just that it’s good to know what costs you are imposing on the planet, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘deserts’
Housekeeping
Posted in climate change, environmentalism, solar power, tagged climate change, deserts, ecology, solar power on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
- Solar Power and the destruction of desert ecology
Posted in solar power, tagged deserts, ecology, solar power on March 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Solar thermal power plants are being built at an increasing rate across the dry American south and west.
As the New York Times reports today, in addition to two prototype plants that recently started operating, a further 10 are in the advanced planning stage in California, Arizona and Nevada.
“On sunny afternoons, those 10 plants would produce [...]
