Disturbing a desert tortoise in its native habitat is not only risky for the tortoise, it's illegal, state officials say.

The proposed Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project would take up 2,400 acres of public land in the Pahrump Valley. The area is home to the federally protected desert tortoise.

The desert tortoise is king in the Mojave. But a coalition of environmentalists says one solar project poses an unacceptable threat to the habitat of the iconic animal, listed as threatened under ...

The Aratina Solar Project in Boron, California, is approved to destroy nearly 4,000 ancient Joshua Trees in this forest…These iconic trees have stood for centuries, providing habitat for ...

Readers are outraged over a Mojave Desert project that will kill thousands of them. ... I don’t think destroying a natural habitat to provide electricity to human beings is a good trade-off.

Critics worry that the solar project could jeopardize negotiations among federal rail officials, Caltrans, state wildlife authorities and the rail developer, Brightline West of Miami, to include ...

Kevin Emmerich, a retired National Park Service biologist and co-founder of Basin and Range Watch, monitors renewables projects in sensitive desert habitats. He had harsh words for Newsom.

The DRECP, which has been in development since early 2009, recommends locations for siting renewable energy projects and conserving desert habitat.

“This solar project is the third project approved for full construction under the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan and an example of how public land in California plays a big role in ...

The project got buy-in from the government with $1.6 billion in Department of Energy loan ... “The project’s construction destroyed irreplaceable pristine desert habitat,” she told CNN.

The 500-megawatt Oberon project is part of a Biden administration push to fast-track renewables. Some environmentalists say it will destroy rare habitat.

More than 50 students, 12 school clubs, and other community members helped put together a new natural habitat garden at Desert Vista High School last weekend. The garden features about 140 native ...