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Desert plants replaced after power line completion
2014-03-09 07:22:26| Semiconductors - Topix.net
NV Energy workers have spent the past three years digging up Joshua trees, yucca plants and cactuses that were growing under the 135-mile final section of the power transmission line joining Northern and Southern Nevada.
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Amid California Drought, a Company Plans to Pump Desert Water
2014-03-07 15:26:35| Agriculture - Topix.net
Irrigation sprinklers at Cadiz Ranch in the Mojave Desert for a planned lemon grove.
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Desert plants replaced after completion of Nevada power line
2014-03-03 19:30:03| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Caryn Wright, environmental scientist for NV Energy, touches a replanted creosote plant under the One Nevada Transmission Line about 45 miles north of Las Vegas on Feb. 25. NV Energy is replanting Joshua trees, yucca plants and cactuses that were removed during the construction of the 135-mile final section of the power transmission line joining ... (more)
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Even In A Desert, Drought Spells Trouble For Ranchers
2014-03-02 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In northern Nevada, a place famous for its wide, open spaces and expansive cattle operations, ranchers are in a bind due to the historic drought. Much of the state is desert, so when people talk about drought, they're really talking about the snowpack in the Sierra Nevada. It's at barely 20 percent of average. This is a huge concern for farmers and ranchers like Julie Wolf, because the mountains store the snow that melts and feeds rivers and reservoirs. These bodies of water then allow the...
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Massive desert solar plant opens, already a threatened species
2014-03-02 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The day begins early at the Ivanpah solar power plant. Long before the sun rises, computers aim five square miles of mirrors to reflect the first rays of dawn onto one of three 40-story towers rising above the desert floor. The 356,000 mirrors, each the size of a garage door, focus so much light on the towers that they pulsate with a blinding white light. Also Sacrificing the desert to save the Earth After a building boom, solar energy's prospects now aren't as sunny Saving desert tortoises...
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