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		<title>By: Chris Clarke</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2011/09/08/the-googlization-of-solar/#comment-654136</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Clarke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That would be the Ivanpah project&#039;s &lt;a&gt;revised Biological Assessment&lt;/a&gt; issued by the Bureau of Land Management in the April 2011. 

Sean at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mojavedesertblog.com/2011/04/revised-biological-assessment-of.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mojave Desert Blog&lt;/a&gt; did you the favor of crunching the numbers in the Assessment, though of course you can check them for yourself. Quoting highlights from his article:

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Up to 700 non-adult tortoises during the 3 year construction phase are expected to die. Non-adult tortoises are difficult to spot and remove from burrows, resulting in an estimated 90% mortality rate due to construction.

BLM estimates up to 9 adult tortoises (160mm or larger) will be killed during the 3 year construction phase.

BLM anticipates harassing 1,025 adult tortoises, and 2,349 non-adult tortoises, bringing the total number to over 3,000. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

As many as 700 tortoises killed directly by construction, and then handling 3,300 more with a shockingly high mortality rate just from handling — for relocation, the data from the Fort Irwin relocation in 2008 indicate mortality can be about 50% of tortoises moved, and about as high a rate among tortoises in the &quot;host&quot; population to which Ivanpah&#039;s torts are relocated, if you monitor the tortoises for more than three or four months. Mortality rates for mere handling can be 5-10%. If the overall mortality rate for all harassed tortoises and host tortoises at the relocation sites is just 9%, that&#039;s a thousand dead tortoises.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That would be the Ivanpah project&#8217;s <a>revised Biological Assessment</a> issued by the Bureau of Land Management in the April 2011. </p>
<p>Sean at <a href="http://www.mojavedesertblog.com/2011/04/revised-biological-assessment-of.html" rel="nofollow">Mojave Desert Blog</a> did you the favor of crunching the numbers in the Assessment, though of course you can check them for yourself. Quoting highlights from his article:</p>
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<p>Up to 700 non-adult tortoises during the 3 year construction phase are expected to die. Non-adult tortoises are difficult to spot and remove from burrows, resulting in an estimated 90% mortality rate due to construction.</p>
<p>BLM estimates up to 9 adult tortoises (160mm or larger) will be killed during the 3 year construction phase.</p>
<p>BLM anticipates harassing 1,025 adult tortoises, and 2,349 non-adult tortoises, bringing the total number to over 3,000. </p></blockquote>
<p>As many as 700 tortoises killed directly by construction, and then handling 3,300 more with a shockingly high mortality rate just from handling — for relocation, the data from the Fort Irwin relocation in 2008 indicate mortality can be about 50% of tortoises moved, and about as high a rate among tortoises in the &#8220;host&#8221; population to which Ivanpah&#8217;s torts are relocated, if you monitor the tortoises for more than three or four months. Mortality rates for mere handling can be 5-10%. If the overall mortality rate for all harassed tortoises and host tortoises at the relocation sites is just 9%, that&#8217;s a thousand dead tortoises.</p>
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		<title>By: Katie Fehrenbacher</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2011/09/08/the-googlization-of-solar/#comment-654077</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Katie Fehrenbacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 22:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@Chris Clarke, Please let us know where you are quoting that figure from, as it is wildly high compared to the data from BrightSource.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Chris Clarke, Please let us know where you are quoting that figure from, as it is wildly high compared to the data from BrightSource.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris Clarke</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2011/09/08/the-googlization-of-solar/#comment-653984</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Clarke]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A thousand tortoise deaths expected from Ivanpah and you&#039;re still calling it &quot;clean&quot; tech?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A thousand tortoise deaths expected from Ivanpah and you&#8217;re still calling it &#8220;clean&#8221; tech?</p>
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