Community Meeting: Green Path North Transmission Line Project Update
On Thursday, November 6, at 7:00 p.m., the California Desert Coalition (CDC) will hold a public meeting at the Yucca Valley Community Center to provide updated information on the Green Path North transmission line project proposed by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP).
CDC Chair April Sall says, “ A lot has happened in the fight to stop the power lines since LADWP held a community workshop meeting in Yucca Valley on July 19. Community participation at that meeting significantly changed the conversation with LADWP going forward.”
Following an introductory video, CDC will discuss the current status of the project and the coalition’s successes to date in its efforts to stop LADWP from establishing its transmission lines through the communities and lands between Desert Hot Springs and Hesperia.
A key topic at the meeting will be the new 2- to 5-mile wide energy corridor that, according to Bureau of Land Management records, would be designated through the high desert in conjunction with the Green Path North Project. All future transmission line projects in the region, as well as all oil, water, and gas line projects, would be built in what would then be this approved corridor. This prospect alarms Ruth Rieman, CDC Vice Chair, who says, “It is unimaginable what even a 2-mile swath of energy projects would do to our desert communities and environmentally sensitive conservation lands.”
“What We Need To Do Next” will be another topic of discussion.
CDC sees the task of fighting an organization as powerful as the LADWP as large in scope and long in duration, but ultimately winnable with the continuing support of the communities and people who would be affected by the proposed transmission lines and new energy corridor.
Following the video and speaker presentation, a CDC panel will answer questions from the audience. Refreshments will be served.
WHO: California Desert Coalition
WHAT: Community Meeting: Green Path North Transmission Line Project Update
WHERE: Yucca Valley Community Center
57090 Twentynine Palms Highway
Yucca Valley, CA 92284
WHEN: Thursday, November 6, 7:00 p.m.
MORE INFO ON THIS TOPIC: At California Desert Coalition and on the Energy page of the MBCA Website. Previous posts on this blog: Energy, Green Path North.
