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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
This is what we have also been hearing from the BLM. This means the federal review for all of the solar projects will continue business as usual, but not wind energy projects. The solar industry is not convinced yet.
heatmap.news
Trump’s Solar Permitting Pause Is Over, BLM Says
Developers have yet to see the approvals start flowing, however.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
As we predicted, a large number of the Joshua trees, Mojave yuccas and several species of cacti are not all getting salvaged for this Greenlink West Transmission Project in Nevada. This is about 20 miles east of Las Vegas.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Nothing confirmed yet, but this would really help energy extractors including solar energy for Chuckwalla. Hoping this is not accurate.
usatoday.com
Will Trump try to eliminate Chuckwalla, Sattitla national monuments or not?
News reports say Trump has or will axe two Biden-created California monuments, but a fact sheet has been taken down and no executive action taken.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Eclipse last night
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The Greenlink West Transmission Project is hiring desert tortoise biologists for 8 weeks to survey for the line in Amargosa Valley/Beatty area, Nevada. This is the lowest pay offer we have ever seen for consulting biologists leading us to wonder if the quality of work has been compromised.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Will the declining popularity of EV's slow these lithium mines down? Seems like they continue to need outside funding sources including federal funding last October.
reviewjournal.com
Nevada lithium mine project gets $250M investment
Orion Resource Partners, a global investment firm focused on metals and materials, has invested $250 million into Lithium Americas Corp.’s Thacker Pass lithium mine project in Northern Nevada.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We were just told that the Devil's Hole Workshop has been canceled this your due to governement credit cards being frozen. It was scheduled to be at the Longstreet Inn and Resort in Amargosa Valley, Nevada
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
These pics are about 3 miles from the Greenlink West Amargosa Substation, now under construcrion by NV Energy on BLM land. (you can see the dust in pic 3) After this, the line will head northeast through Crater Flat. We found this desert tortoise in its burrow very close to the planned project.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Found this no name canyon we call Overhang Canyon in the Black Mountains, Death Valley
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
basinandrangewatch.substack.com
The Art of Not Looking Away
Witnessing the Desert Destruction as Greenlink West Transmission Project Breaks Ground
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
We estimate that the The Greenlink West Transmission Project will remove about 1,200 Joshua trees from its path from Kyle Canyon to Cold Creek in Southern Nevada. We met a crew of consulting biologists who have been putting flags around them all.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Construction is beginning on the Greenlink West Transmission Project near Lee Canyon, Nevada. They are bulldozing new roads and will most likely be removing yuccas and Joshua trees soon.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Uniformly ignored by most environmental organizations, the Greenlink West Transmission Project has begun construction in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. This is the 109 acre Amargosa Substation. Desert pavement scraped right next to Big Dune.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
As solar farms sprout up in Southern Nevada, concern for desert tortoises grows - Las Vegas Sun News
lasvegassun.com
As solar farms sprout up in Southern Nevada, concern for desert tortoises grows
As solar energy farms continue to pop up across the Mojave Desert, some residents are being squeezed out of their homes: the threatened desert tortoise. And while developers take steps to find them ne...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project approved This project will have grave impacts on the already declining Mojave desert tortoise. They expect to move 114 adult desert tortoises and will probably end up crushing 3 times as many juveniles . www.blm.gov/press-releas...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
8newsnow.com
Ash Meadows, Amargosa Valley get federal reprieve as mining exploration stops
The U.S. Department of the Interior took a major step forward in protecting Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding communities that rely on groundwater in the area.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This is green energy
8newsnow.com
Nevada’s Joshua Trees bulldozed in Mesquite; solar company defends solar farm
Nevada’s Joshua Trees bulldozed in Mesquite; solar company defends solar farm
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Public meetings slated for Purple Sage Solar In-person meeting is set for 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at the Pahrump Nugget. The virtual meeting is slated for 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 16. Those wishing to participate in the virtual meeting can register at tinyurl.com/5bf2hzz6.
pvtimes.com
Public meetings slated for Purple Sage Solar
The BLM announced two public meetings to give giving residents the opportunity to have their concerns addressed.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The problem with this is once the transmission infrastructure is built, the greedy solar developers won't stop at the dairy, They want 25,000 additional acres on top of this
reviewjournal.com
Nevada dairy farm could become solar facility
An agreement has been signed to turn the 3,000-acre dairy farm into a solar energy facility.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
This article takes an interseting angle focusing on dead bodies! It needs to be noted that the Sierra Clud DID NOT support the Yellow Pine Solar Project. That should be corrected. They opposed it by signing on to the letter we wrote.
outsideonline.com
They Were Tracking Threatened Turtles. They Found Human Bones Instead.
For decades, field technicians have scoured the Mojave Desert monitoring threatened tortoises. Their searches sometimes uncovered human remains. Our writer untangles a mystery dug up by the turtle cou...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
wyofile.com
Opponents sue to stop Rail Tie wind project, alleging unacceptable eagle mortality - WyoFile
The project would erect some 149 wind turbines in southern Albany County.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
"Solar industry concessions There were other concessions made to win presidential approval: To placate major solar companies, 40,000 acres were removed from the original Chuckwalla monument map last spring to steer clear of solar development and transmission zones "🙁
desertsun.com
Biden to visit Coachella Valley Tuesday, expected to create Chuckwalla National Monument
Tribes, federal, state and local officials, conservation groups and residents supported protecting 600,000-plus acres of desert forever.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This would be funny if it were not so destructive. Defeats any environmental benefits from the solar panels.
mlive.com
Michigan plans to clear 400+ acres of state forest near Gaylord for solar farm
Officials with the DNR recently assessed 1,200 acres of public trust land in Otsego County near a major power transmission line to decide whether it was suitable for solar arrays.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
We hear that President Biden will establish the Chuckwalla National Monument, California Desert on Tuesday. We did not get the invite, but he will be out there in person to do so.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Black Mountains, Death Valley National Park
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Terrible environmental legacy. All of them have been bought and owned.
hcn.org
2024 set the stage for clean energy on public lands - High Country News
Thanks to Biden administration policies, the momentum behind the energy transition could be hard to stall.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Amargosa Valley, Nevada - The Rock Valley Energy Center would by 15 square miles - so big, you can't even see the horizen from the site. Lot's of kit foxes, burrowing owls, countless kangaroo rat burrows and there are endemic invertebrates.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
90milesfromneedles.com
S3E37: BLM Cozies Up To Renewable Energy Companies | 90 Miles from Needles: The Desert Protection Podcast
About the Guest(s): Jimmy Tobias is a renowned freelance journalist who has carved a niche in investigative reporting with a focus on public lands,...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Christmas from Basin and Range Watch - desert holly in Death Valley
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Libra Solar is a pet project of former Nevada Senator Chris Brooks who passed the transmission legislation and left his senate position early so he could be vice president of ther company making $$ off of Libra Solar.
reviewjournal.com
NV Energy’s plan to build solar, battery plants, more approved
The Public Utilities Commission approved NV Energy’s plans for keeping up with future energy demand.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Libra Solar is a pet project of former Nevada Senator Chris Brooks who passed the transmission legislation and left his senate position early so he could be vice president of the company making $$ off of Libra Solar.
reviewjournal.com
NV Energy’s plan to build solar, battery plants, more approved
The Public Utilities Commission approved NV Energy’s plans for keeping up with future energy demand.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
The article says it needs 480 acre feet fo water for construction. That is only for one year and the BLM expects the project to take 6 years to finish. It is more like 2,700 acre feet total. BLM has been reviewing this one for 2 years and fully intends on approving it.
nevadacurrent.com
BLM aims to prioritize new Amargosa Valley solar project, locals call foul • Nevada Current
Federal land managers will determine whether one of the largest potential power-producing solar plants in the world can be built just up the road from a wildlife refuge home to a trove of species foun...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
8newsnow.com
Disappointment over updated Western Solar Plan hits home for Nevada conservationists
An updated Western Solar Plan finalized on Friday sets the course for renewable energy development across 11 states, but ignores many of the conflicts that Nevada conservationists hoped it would ad…
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Happy Winter Solstice!
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The BLM is getting ready to sign the Record of Decision for the Western Solar Plan. Very unpopular plan will weaken regulations for solar developers who never care about the resources they damage.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The corrupt NV Energy Greenlink Transmission lines. The BLM may as well admit they are working for NV Energy. We are happy top be featured in this one. It is so flattering that BLM spies on us! How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West
insideclimatenews.org
How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West - Inside Climate News
In Nevada, plans are moving ahead for transmission lines, solar farms, geothermal plants and more in the name of fighting climate change. Yet even among environmental groups and government officials, ...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
reviewjournal.com
Preservation or development? Lawsuit seeks to protect Old Spanish Trail
The Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service haven’t developed a management plan quickly enough, the lawsuit alleges.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Solar energy is a big threat to this trail. Lawsuit to Safeguard Old Spanish National Historic Trail
peer.org
Lawsuit to Safeguard Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Multiple Encroachments Doom Old Spanish Trail to Death of Thousand Cuts
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
A huge NV Energy project has doubled in cost. Ratepayers are being asked to help fund it
thenevadaindependent.com
A huge NV Energy project has doubled in cost. Ratepayers are being asked to help fund it - The Nevada Independent
After state energy regulators voted down a costly NV Energy proposal, lawmakers approved it two months later. Now NV Energy's Greenlink project is nearing construction. What happened?
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The contractor for the Greenlink West Transmission Project, Logan Simpson, now has about 10 archeologists on the Amargosa River surveyling for archeology sites that are about to be destroyed by the construction of the project.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
We are not convinced the new administration will reject green energy on federal lands but they will probably not fund it like this one is. Some of the solar developers have a history developing fossil fuel infrastructure and have heavily lobbied the first Trump Admistration.
npr.org
Some rural Nevadans want Trump to stop the state's solar energy boom
Backlash against massive solar energy farms drove strong rural turnout in Nevada may have helped flip the presidential vote there to Republican for the first time since 2004. But it's not a given Trump will derail President Biden's plans for more Nevada solar.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Oppose the Bonanza Solar Project! Commrnts due December 5th. Sample letter to send. conta.cc/4fMvsMI
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Our Giving Tuesday page - the only time we will ask! conta.cc/4g5eJUO
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
The Rock Valley Energy Center is a 10,000 acre solar application in Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Endemic arthopods, burrowing owls, kit foxes and sweeping open views. The project would need about 3,000 acre feet of water near Ash Meadows. www.basinandrangewatch2.org/solar-projec...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
All this destruction only to find that they a shutting down these boondoggles because they overbuilt them. Solar power glut boosts California electric bills. Other states reap the benefits www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Thanks to Amargosa Conservancy for making this alert to stop the Rock Valley Energy Center - a 10,000 acre solar project planned for Amargosa Valley, Nevada www.change.org/p/urge-the-b...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Urge the Bureau of Land Management to Reject the Rock Valley Energy Project
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Wite a letter to BLM by December 5th to oppose the Bonanza Solar Project. Click on the link for a sample letter: conta.cc/4fMvsMI
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
We are taking a lot of photos in this location. NV Energy will be blasting and bulldozing this location next year for the Greenlink West line. About eight 180 foot power poles per mile with a 600 foot wide bulldozed right of way. The hills will be blasted.
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basinrangewatch.bsky.social @basinrangewatch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Moonrise over the Specter Range, Anargosa Valley, NV
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