Yucca brevifolia in San Bernardino County, California
December 26, 2025 – SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The California Energy Commission has included environmental safeguards in its approval last week of an advanced compressed air energy storage facility in Kern County.
The approval of the Willow Rock Energy Storage Center, proposed on a 112-acre site north of Rosamond, will include habitat protection for sensitive species, including western Joshua trees, Joshua tree woodlands, western burrowing owls, and Crotch’s bumble bee…