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December 30, 2013

Historians, environmentalists oppose Calif. solar power plant
Los Angeles (UPI) Dec 26, 2013
A proposed solar power plant in California has come under fire over concerns it will mar historic elements of a World War II internment camp and harm wildlife. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power says that despite the objections is it going ahead with plans to put 1 million photovoltaic panels on 1,200 acres it owns in the Owens Valley north of the city. The $680-million, 200-megawatt plant would sit within 3-1/2 miles of the historic Manzanar site that was a Japanese American ... read more

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Historians, environmentalists oppose Calif. solar power plant

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