Residents feel trapped and choked by dust, while experts warn environmental damage is ‘solving one problem by creating others’
eep in the Mojave desert, about halfway between Los Angeles and Phoenix, a sparkling blue sea shimmers on the horizon. Visible from the I-10 highway, amid the parched plains and sun-baked mountains, it is an improbable sight: a deep blue slick stretching for miles across the Chuckwalla Valley, forming an endless glistening mirror.
Residents have watched ruefully for years as solar plants crept over the horizon, bringing noise and pollution that’s eroding a way of life in their desert refuge. Elizabeth Knowles, director of community engagement for Intersect Power, the company behind the Easley project, said it knew of residents’ concerns and was exploring how to move the project further from the community.Since being made aware of their concerns, we have been in regular contact with residents to listen to their concerns and incorporate their feedback into our planning efforts.
As the pace of construction has ramped up, so have voices questioning the cumulative impact of these projects on the desert’s populations.Such adverse impacts are supposed to be prevented by the desert renewable energy conservation plan , which was approved in 2016 after years of consultation and covers almost 11m acres of California.
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