Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The ...

The plant’s loss could mean the collapse of the Mojave’s high-desert ecosystem. Nearly three million people visit the park each year, and entering vehicles back up for miles on busy days.

The plant, the world’s largest solar thermal power plant when it opened a decade ago, is set to close in early 2026.

In the Mojave, the 2013 arrival of the Ivanpah solar thermal plant created concerns about how the facility would affect threatened desert tortoises, and conservationists are working to ensure ...

The Trump Administration is allowing industrial mining in Mojave National Preserve, disregarding National Park Service ...

a desert flower that has disappeared across much of the Mojave Desert. The charismatic plant, which has showy yellow flowers and bear-claw leaves, has been pushed to the brink of extinction by ...

In 2008, Pacific Gas and Electric, in Northern California, entered agreements to buy nearly 900 megawatts of power from BrightSource of Oakland, Calif. BrightSource has installed a pilot plant in the ...

Now that we're in the month of May and have seen temperatures consistently in the upper 80s—many locals are asking "where is ...

“The Western Mojave’s desert tortoises are sliding toward extinction, so it’s long past time for the Bureau of Land Management to curb these vehicles’ threats to the tortoises and all the rare plants ...