http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/sacrificial-land-will-renewable-energy-devour-the-mojave An unlikely group of activists is championing a new bill to protect the Mojave Desert. But even if it passes, large swaths of once empty land will be developed. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit utility scale solar power China Farm Date Ranch Death Valley National Park Mojave Desert wind power California Desert Protection Act Desert Tortoise Joshua Tree National Park Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System 2013-04-22T15:09:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.6/on-losing-nothing Climate change will transform both the Arctic and the Mojave Desert, but for different reasons No publisher Sarah Gilman utility scale solar power Northwest Passage sea ice declines Arctic Mojave Desert Sir John Franklin climate change 2013-05-02T16:49:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/the-fading-arizona-town-of-gila-bend-bets-big-on-solar At last -- a place to put utility scale plants that won't ruin the desert. But will politics and the economy get in the way? No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit renewable energy Amargosa Farm Road project desert tortoises Frederick Buss industrial solar Debbie Lesko environmental movement insolation Abengoa Gila Bend, Arizona Solana California electricity supply Sonoran Desert housing crisis endangered species economic recovery Solar Millennium real estate bust irrigation, Solar Field BrightSource Energy endangered desert plants Eric Fitzer utility-scale solar projects water supply global warming photovoltaic panels Jan Brewer BLM lad energy transmission lines solar energy Arizona politics Big Solar Overlay Zone Arizona Public Service agricultural lan Mojave Desert Arizona Legislature Sempra Energy climate change Gila Bend, Arizona, 2012-06-04T15:10:14Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/in-the-desert-questions-without-answers-a-review-of-gods-without-men In Gods Without Men, British novelist Hari Kunzru wanders through time and space in California's Mojave Desert. No publisher Martin Connelly California history desert life Gods Without Men novels magical realism fiction Mojave Desert Hari Kunzru 2012-07-06T21:54:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.9/whats-the-best-place-for-big-solar Environmentalists have been too busy squabbling over proposed solar plants to pay much attention to one of the most promising sites: Gila Bend, Ariz. No publisher Sarah Gilman energy transmission lines Solar energy geothermal power Ivanpah Solar renewable energy Big Solar climate change Arizona desert tortoises endangered desert plants industrial solar Judith Lewis Mernit Mojave Desert Gila Bend utility-scale solar projects global warming endangered species coal power Green Path North environmental movement 2012-05-25T01:39:48Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.18/solar-spree New solar energy projects are coming to California and Nevada. No publisher Cally Carswell solar energy SunCatcher solar dishes renewable energy flat-tailed horned lizard Mojave Desert BLM land 2010-10-26T22:57:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.13/discovery-and-recovery-in-a-mojave-casino-town Mary Sojourner's new novel, Going Through Ghosts, takes the reader on a journey of love, loss, abandonment and death. No publisher Alexa Mergen novels fiction Mojave Desert Going Through Ghosts casino workers Mary Sojourner 2010-08-10T16:40:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.22/life-along-the-colorado-river Kasia Broussalian spent two sweltering months photographing the people who live along the Colorado River. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis and photography by Kasia Broussalian Jasmin Lopez photographers Mojave Desert Kasia Broussalian Colorado River Brian Frank 2010-02-05T09:58:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.21/erratic-behavior The Mojave Desert's Giant Rock has long been home to UFO buffs and wild parties, but nowadays it’s fallen victim to graffiti and litterbugs. No publisher Michelle Theriault rave parties George Van Tassel Giant Rock Mojave Desert Integraton Frank Critzer UFOs 2010-02-05T08:43:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.8/high-noon Environmentalists are arguing passionately over large-scale solar development on California's Mojave Desert. No publisher Judith Lewis energy transmission lines solar energy Jim Harvey BrightSource Energy BLM Mojave Desert Sierra Club Ivanpah Valley desert ecosystems 2010-02-05T08:37:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/293/15354 Calendar girls get the brush-off in Carmel, Calif.; sniffing out endangered species; looking for a blonde bombshell; "The Bitchin’ Post" meets airport security; "stealth towers" in Colorado Springs No publisher Betsy Marston Humor Western odd news Calendar Girls Carmel California Fire Belles Paula Weber nude calendars fund-raisers firefighters San Francisco Chronicle endangered species dogs desert tortoises Mojave Desert Land Letter Lee Merlin Miss Atomic Bom 2010-02-05T09:23:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/264/14442 Now that she’s left Las Vegas, the writer recalls the surrealistic city, and is haunted by the memory of the desert that surrounds it No publisher Sarah Flick Las Vegas Nevada Mojave Desert Sarah Flick Mercury Deserts 2010-02-05T09:55:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/372/17749 Los Angeles needs green power, but some environmentalists are up in arms over plans to build transmission lines across the Mojave Desert. No publisher Judith Lewis Los Angeles Department of Deserts Water and Power Colorado Desert Mojave Desert Sunrise Powerlink Wildlands Conservancy Salton Sea geothermal green power transmission lines The Green Path North H. David Nahai 2010-07-22T22:02:21Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/321/16284 Live! From Death Valley is John Soennichsen’s "love letter to an ill-tempered mistress," California’s Death Valley No publisher Laura Paskus Deserts John Soennichsen Death Valley Mojave Desert heat nation parks Devil’s Hole pupfish nature writers autobiography travel Western history California history rainfall drought Live! From Death Valley 2011-11-12T00:56:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/342/16903 In The Ice Cave: A Woman’s Adventures from the Mojave to the Antarctic, Lucy Jane Bledsoe chases her own wild fears across the landscape in search of a state of grace. No publisher Sarah Gilman Human beings and nature autobiography hiking Lucy Jane Bledsoe women adventurers The Ice Cave Uinta Mountains essays grizzly bears outdoor recreation mountaineering Mojave Desert Antarctic fear women’s lives camping 2010-08-16T22:38:33Z News Article