What was once the largest solar power plant of its type in the world appears headed for closure just 11 years after opening.

The project is crucial for conserving the Mojave desert tortoise, a threatened species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and will also benefit other desert wildlife such as coyotes ...

Chuckwalla National Monument was established by outgoing President Joe Biden as one of his last actions to help restore ...

as well as private companies such as the Coyote Springs Investment group, will fund the project in total. Under the Endangered Species Act, the federal government listed Mojave desert tortoises as ...

Meanwhile, environmentalists continue to blame the Mojave Desert plant for killing thousands of birds and tortoises. The Ivanpah solar power plant formally opened in 2014 on roughly 5 square miles ...