[ad_1] When Susan Davis, the founder and board president of Desert X first envisioned the project nearly ten years ago, she wanted it “to bring contemporary artists to this valley, have them create works so that people could see the valley through a different lens, a contemporary art lens”. Desert X, the exhibition of outdoor installation […]

[ad_1] Upon opening, Mycrogrid Materials Recycling will be among the first solar recycling facility in the U.S. developed by a solar installation company, which is also expected to be its largest contributor of end-of-life modules. June 26, 2023 Michael Schoeck By 2030, retired solar panels are estimated to cover an area equivalent to about 3,000 […]

[ad_1] This story was originally published in Boiling Point, a newsletter about climate change and the environment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Monday was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth. Then Tuesday was hotter. That’s according to scientists at the University of Maine, who reported that average global temperatures on […]

[ad_1] A collection of 20 modernist-inspired 3D-printed homes are taking shape in Desert Hot Springs, … [+] California. Paul Vu In true pioneer tech fashion, 20 modernist 3D-printed homes are rising in Desert Hot Springs, California, about 10 miles north of Palm Springs. Three of the four-bedroom residences, which include accessory dwelling units, have recently […]

[ad_1] A crowd had gathered on a warm October morning in El Centro, the largest city in the Imperial Valley — a dusty, sunbaked corner of California that borders Mexico and Arizona, where Latino farmworkers fuel a $2-billion agriculture industry. Dozens of people sat in the shade of a tent as Matt Dessert, vice president of […]

[ad_1] The Trump administration plans to approve a massive solar power plant in the Southern California desert — and some environmentalists aren’t happy about it. President Trump’s Interior Department has pushed for more fossil fuel drilling on public lands and waters, announcing this week it will hold the largest oil and gas lease sale in […]

[ad_1] Cities and counties are ditching their electric utilities by starting community choice programs Community choice aggregators, or CCAs, are frequently able to offer lower rates and cleaner energy The California Public Utilities Commission could make it more costly to leave utilities like Edison Riverside County residents may soon be able to buy electricity from a […]

[ad_1] The Imperial Irrigation District infuriated customers last year when it abruptly closed a popular solar program to new applicants, putting rooftop solar out of reach for many families who could no longer afford it — and leaving more than 1,000 homes and businesses that had already decided to go solar in financial limbo for months. But a solar project […]