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From CEC: Commissioner Responds to Restoration of DRECP
RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWS CEC Commissioner Douglas Responds to Biden Administration Action Restoring the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan For Immediate Release: February 17, 2021 SACRAMENTO – California Energy Commissioner Karen Douglas released the following statement in response [...]
From E&E News: Interior axes Trump wildlife protection rollbacks
RENEWABLE ENERGY NEWS Interior Axes Trump Wildlife Protection Rollbacks Scott Streater, E&E News reporter Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2021 Solar panels installed in California as part of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. Tom Brewster Photography/Bureau [...]
Power of the Purse: Federal Appropriations & the California Desert
WEBINAR POWER OF THE PURSE: FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS & THE CALIFORNIA DESERT Thursday, February 25, 2020 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Register to attend: info@desertcoalition.org Join the California Desert Coalition (CDC) via Zoom on Thursday, [...]
Outgoing Trump Administration Reopens California Desert to Unnecessary Development
PRESS RELEASE Outgoing Trump Administration Reopens California Desert to Unnecessary Development FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, January 27, 2021 CONTACT: Mariana Maguire, Communications Director, Info@DesertCoalition.org Yucca Valley, California. On January 14, 2021, during the Trump Administration’s [...]
Outgoing Administration Nixes Balanced Use, Reopens Desert for Development
BLOG Outgoing Administration Nixes Balanced Use, Reopens Desert for Development By Frazier Haney Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 After years of hinting, the Trump Administration in its final days released a draft Land Use Plan [...]
Election 2020: What it Means for Public Lands
WEBINAR ELECTION 2020: WHAT IT MEANS FOR PUBLIC LANDS & THE CALIFORNIA DESERT Thursday, December 3, 2020 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Join the California Desert Coalition (CDC) via Zoom on Thursday, December 3rd from [...]
Advocacy: Impacting Local Decision Making
WEBINAR ADVOCACY: IMPACTING LOCAL DECISION-MAKING September 17, 2020 5:30pm - 6:45pm For our first-ever webinar we focus on the importance and power of grassroots advocacy, how to effectively reach out to and communicate with local [...]
CEQA: Achieving Better Outcomes for Local, County, and State Planning
WORKSHOP CEQA: ACHIEVING BETTER OUTCOMES FOR LOCAL, COUNTY, & STATE PLANNING November 2, 2019 9:30am - 3:30pm This workshop focuses on strategies and tactics related to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) that can [...]