Not all solar power is created equal. The Ivanpah facility in the middle of the desert has generated power using mirrors for ...

The partially taxpayer-funded Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert is set to shut down in 2026 due to ...

From the archive: This story originally published in The Desert Sun in 2019. On this south-facing slope in Morongo Valley there is a forest of very old Yucca schidigera, known as the Mojave yucca.

(CNN) — Inside a Mojave aster flower, a tiny bee is fast asleep. At night, the pale lavender petals close, providing a safe resting place. In the morning, as birdsong rings out across the desert, the ...

A judge ruled that federal land managers didn’t show how they minimized impacts to vulnerable species in an off-road vehicle management plan in the Western Mojave Desert. The area is home to the ...

It’s been a while since we’ve had such an outpouring for something that doesn’t have to do with Donald Trump: Dozens of readers wrote letters to the editor expressing dismay over the construction of a ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — What was once the world’s largest solar power plant of its type appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening, under pressure from cheaper green energy sources. Meanwhile, ...

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I took a drive to Phoenix, Arizona, just a week into May to see my son and his family. What made it a phenomenal drive was that much of the desert in both California and Arizona was receiving ...