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California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: 'Irreplaceable
« on: September 10, 2024, 07:34:33 am »

California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: 'Irreplaceable'
Story by Lindsay Kornick • 21h •


A project to install solar panels around the Mojave Desert has begun cutting down thousands of Joshua trees, much to the residents’ chagrin.

The Los Angeles Times reported several citizens across Boron and Desert Lake have begun noticing effects from the Aratina Solar Project, a 2,300-acre government-approved plan to produce clean energy through solar panels. The project is expected to produce 530 megawatts of renewable energy.

However, locals around the area voiced concerns not only about the loss of iconic landmarks but the devastation to the environment as well. Others warned about the threat of valley fever, a respiratory infection that could be caused by excessive dust from the construction.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-desert-towns-protest-cutting-down-ancient-trees-for-solar-energy-project-irreplaceable/ar-AA1qgirD?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=e885f2c351414d32b1e9fa351ed1d9ae&ei=132
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Re: California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: 'Irreplace
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2024, 11:25:20 am »
Everything is protected if you want to drill an oil well nearby.
But if you are putting in a solar farm, bring on the bulldozers.

Typical Leftists. If they didn't have a double standard, they wouldn't have any standards at all.
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Re: California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: 'Irreplace
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2024, 11:37:54 am »
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Re: California desert towns protest cutting down ancient trees for solar energy project: 'Irreplace
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2024, 12:23:10 pm »
"...the threat of valley fever, a respiratory infection that could be caused by excessive dust..."

Valley Fever is not caused by dust by the disturbing of the soil that has trapped the fungal spores which cause Valley Fever. It is an extremely debilitating disease and takes a very long time to overcome, sometimes years.

Cases have been on the rise for the past decade and many attribute that to the constant construction of solar farms which, once built, don't do anything about dust abatement.
Many of the newer "farms" are built in the western part of the Antelope Valley where the winds typically come from.
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