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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Owens Lake Solar Project Mired in Caustic Mud

    An ambitious plan to bring power from California's Owens Valley to Los Angeles has run into problems. The LA Department of Water and Power had hoped to put solar panel platforms on an 80-acre site in the Owens dry lake bed, but has run into geological, wind, and political problems as Phil Willon reports in today's Los Angeles Times .

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sara Terry • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    An ambitious plan to bring power from California's Owens Valley to Los Angeles has run into problems. The LA Department of Water and Power had hoped to put solar panel platforms on an 80-acre site in the Owens dry lake bed, but has run into geological, wind, and political problems as Phil Willon reports in today's Los Angeles Times.

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    1 of 3
    The Great Recession: Counting Costs, Contemplating Change
    1. 0:00Owens Lake Solar Project Mired in Caustic MudYou’re reading this
    2. 11:00The Great Recession: Counting Costs, Contemplating Change
    3. 44:35Hundred-Foot Drug Smuggling Sub Found in Ecuador
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