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Yesterday | Austin American Statesman

Lewis: NIMBYs are equal-opportunity naysayers

Seventeen years ago, Donna and Larry Charpied went to court to protect their backyard.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, California, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Opinion

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Desert Sun

Session sheds light on solar plant plans

The stakeholders for three solar plants planned for public land east of Joshua Tree National Park turned out in force Friday for two public input sessions at the Palm Desert campus of UC Riverside.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Palm Desert, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside Metro, UC Riverside, California

Sat Dec 12, 2009

Desert Sun

Solar plants topic of hearing

The Bureau of Land Management and the California Energy Commission are holding a daylong public hearing on three solar plants planned for federal land east of Joshua Tree National Park, at 9 a.m. today at the Palm Desert Graduate Center of UC Riverside, 75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Palm Desert, CA, Los Angeles Metro, Riverside Metro, UC Riverside, Desert Center, CA

Thu Dec 03, 2009

Southeast Missourian

Humming swamps

At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of businessmen began draining the largest wetland in America.

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Related Topix: Missouri, US National Parks, Sikeston, MO, Cape Girardeau, MO

Sun Nov 29, 2009

Desert Sun

Letter of the week: Thanks to all the good folks in the desert who helped save my life

Please help me thank the various people involved in responding to emergencies in the valley who saved my life on Oct.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Desert Sun

Public can discuss planned solar power projects

Public meetings scheduled for Dec. 10 in Blythe and Dec. 11 in Palm Desert will give Coachella Valley residents a chance to raise their concerns about three huge solar power projects planned for 202,000 acres of federal land east of the Coachella Valley.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Blythe, CA, Palm Desert, CA, US National Parks, Riverside Metro

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Torch

Balance in all aspects of life

Slack lining is one of Adam Grosowsky's many talents. At Joshua Tree National Park in California, he balances on a rope approximately 100 feet above ground without safety equipment.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Easton Express-Times

Leonid meteor shower to peak overnight into Tuesday over North America

Leonids are seen streaking in a 25-minute exposure Nov. 18, 2001, over Joshua Tree National Park in California.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Astronomy, Science

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Examiner.com

Tips for watching the Leonids meteor shower

Leonids meteor shower as seen from Joshua Tree National Park in 2001. Wally Pacholka/Astropics.com Experts predict this year's Leonids meteor shower to peak on Tuesday, November 17.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Mon Nov 16, 2009

KESQ

Desert Farmers Stop Kaiser Garbage Dump

One desert farming couple sued a giant garbage dump company and won. Their victory in federal court may permanently end plans to create one of the world's largest landfills near Joshua Tree National Park.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, US National Parks

Sat Nov 14, 2009

National Parks Traveler

Split Appellate Court Erects Another Roadblock to World's Largest...

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has found errors in a lower court's handling of a case that could result in the world's largest landfill being established next to Joshua Tree National Park.

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Related Topix: US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, US National Parks, Joshua Tree, CA

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Lake Elsinore Valley News

Eagle Mountain Landfill killed by 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel today upheld a 2005 court decision that overturned a federal land exchange necessary for the development of the Eagle Mountain Landfill near Joshua Tree National Park.

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Related Topix: US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, US National Parks

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Desert Sun

Court upholds decision to prevent landfill near Joshua Tree National Park

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 2005 court decision overturning the land exchange necessary for the development of the Eagle Mountain Landfill near Joshua Tree National Park.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Ventura County Star

Joshua Tree National Park is an often-overlooked treasure

Yosemite, Yellowstone and Grand Canyon get the publicity, and the visitors. But there are plenty of lesser-known national parks that offer gorgeous vistas and pristine back country, far from the maddening crowds.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Joshua Tree, CA, Theodore Roosevelt, History in the News

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Associated Content

3,000 Golf Balls Found in California National Park

California Governor Schwarzenegger just wrote $9,000 worth of I.O.U.s to clean up Joshua Tree National Park, as it was infested with more than 3,000 highly flammable golf balls.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Tue Oct 27, 2009

National Parks Traveler

Recovery Funds Will Help Seal Abandoned Mines in Joshua Tree National Park

Prospectors hoping to retire rich burrowed into the high desert that today is part of Joshua Tree National Park.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Examiner.com

Joshua Tree National Park 15th Anniversary Celebration

In 1994, Congress passed the California Desert Protection Act, which made Joshua Tree a National Park.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Joshua Tree, CA, Death Valley National Park, Mojave, CA

Wed Oct 14, 2009

Desert Sun

Joshua Tree park to offer course in edible plants

The Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park will hold a two-day field class on edible plants of the desert from 9 a.m. to evening Oct.

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Related Topix: US National Parks

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Desert Sun

Secretary of the Interior visits the Coachella Valley

Speaking in Palm Springs today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said the United States could be generating 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025, and the Coachella Valley could be the "point of the spear in making these goals a reality." Salazar was in the valley today for an aerial tour of federal parks and the public ...

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Desert Sun

Joshua Tree National Park could lose its Joshua trees

Joshua Tree National Park could end up with no Joshua Trees because climate change threats, according to a new report by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Joshua Tree, CA

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