Green-energy projects threaten Joshua Trees, an endangered species, due to habitat loss.

Writer Bonner Russell Cohen argues that the green-energy transition could endanger Joshua Trees, an endangered species. Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, set to construct 176 turbines, and California's Aratina Solar Project, which will destroy over 3,500 Joshua trees, may harm these protected plants. Critics assert that the habitat loss for Joshua trees and desert tortoises could undermine green energy's environmental benefits.

June 29, 2024
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