"Disputed power line gains federal agency's approval"

January 21, 2009 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

So reports the San Diego Union-Tribune.  Although the power line "is needed to bring power from wind, geothermal and solar facilities in Imperial County and Mexico, and . . .will provide capacity so other lines can carry wind power from eastern San Diego County," the fact that it will be a conduit for an alternative energy source will likely not be enough to please the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity.