They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...

Buried deep in the Nevada desert lies the site of a Cold War nuclear test few people know about. We followed a dirt road off Highway 50 to uncover the hidden monument—and the eerie history ...

The largest hot desert and cold desert in the world are anything but boring and barren. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

But residents of the closest local community, tiny Desert Center, which has 18 current or proposed large solar projects totaling about 25,000 megawatts nearby, said they had no opportunity to ...

Engineering firm HDR will provide, engineering, design, and advisory services for the High Desert Corridor high speed rail ...

When Roy Richards spotted workers cutting down and shredding Joshua trees for a sprawling solar energy project near his Mojave Desert home last week, he started taking photos. “Once the trees go ...

A project to install solar panels around the Mojave Desert has begun cutting down thousands of Joshua trees, much to the residents’ chagrin. The Los Angeles Times reported several citizens ...

Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis). A small, graceful tree that grows to a max of 30 feet, the desert willow produces fragrant, trumpet-shaped flowers and beanlike seedpods.

Earlier this month, one corner of the internet got a little bit greener, thanks to a first-of-its-kind geothermal operation in the northern Nevada desert. Project Red, developed by a geothermal ...

But residents of the closest local community, tiny Desert Center, which has 18 current or proposed large solar projects totaling about 25,000 megawatts nearby, said they had no opportunity to ...