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"Kim Delfino Defenders of Wildlife" <a
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Wed, 9 May 2012 10:26:35 -0500 (CDT)<br>
<div class="replyForwardedMessageHeaders">Subject:</div>
Bulldozing tortoises?<br>
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<span class="photocaption">AB 1073 would allow the
destructive Calico Solar Project to wreak havoc on the
sensitive Pisgah Valley -- and the struggling desert
tortoises, bighorn sheep and other wildlife that
depend on it for survival.</span>
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Assembly member urging them to reject AB 1073 -- a
harmful bill that would destroy sensitive habitat
that struggling desert wildlife depend on to
survive.</strong></a><br>
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<strong>A bill quickly moving through the State Assembly could
spell disaster for California's struggling desert tortoises,
bighorn sheep and other desert wildlife.</strong> <br>
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<strong><span style="color:#FF0000;">The final vote in the
Legislature could happen as early as tomorrow.</span></strong>
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<a
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style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><strong>Please take action now: Write your State
Assembly member urging them to reject AB 1073 -- a harmful
bill that would destroy sensitive habitat that struggling
desert wildlife depend on to survive.</strong></a> <br>
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AB 1073 is a dangerous bill that exempts the Calico Solar
Project -- <strong>one of the most harmful proposed solar
projects in the state</strong> -- from crucial environmental
reviews. <br>
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<strong>Even worse, this bill is being rushed through the
Legislature with NO hearing on the substance of the bill in
the State Assembly.</strong> In fact, Defenders and our
partners were poised to kill this bill in the Assembly Natural
Resources Committee on Monday, but <strong>in a completely
unprecedented move, the bill sponsors were able to get AB 1073
pulled from the committee hearing and sent directly to the
Assembly Floor for a vote.</strong> <br>
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If this bill passes, <strong>the Calico Solar Project would be
allowed to tear through the heart of the Pisgah Valley's
sensitive desert habitat</strong> -- <em>and would destroy
the homes that threatened desert tortoises, iconic bighorn
sheep and other desert wildlife need to survive.</em> <br>
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<strong>We can't let this happen. </strong> <br>
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<a
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style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><strong>Please take action now to oppose AB1073.</strong></a>
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For years, Defenders and our conservation partners have been
successfully working with solar companies and state, local and
federal agencies to ensure that alternative energy projects are
"smart from the start" -- and consider the impacts on our
wildlife and wild places. <br>
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But backers of the more than 4,000-acre Calico Project have
rejected alternatives offered by conservationists and land
planners, <strong>opting instead for a plan to that will
severely impact the heart of California's sensitive desert
habitat.</strong> <br>
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Now, their allies in the State Assembly are going all out to
allow the project to move forward -- <em>even pulling
questionable legislative maneuvers to sneak the bill through
the Assembly.</em> <br>
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style="font-size:12px;font-family:Arial, Verdana, Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><strong>Our desert wildlife needs your voice now.
Please write your Assembly member today and urge them to
reject this terrible bill.</strong></a> <br>
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Thank you for all you do to protect our wildlife and wild
places. <br>
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