CoolerPlanet.com:

BrightSource Energy is reportedly backing away from plans to develop a large solar energy plant in an ecologically sensitive part of California’s Mojave Desert.
The plan had drawn controversy for months because there are efforts underway by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and others to turn this particular part of the desert into a national monument.
A report in the Los Angeles Times notes that Robert Kennedy Jr., himself a noted environmentalist, had been working with BrightSource to raise funds for the plant, which was opposed by groups like the Wildlands Conservancy, which had raised $40 million to buy the land in question and prevent development on it.
The Times also cited Feinstein as saying that “there is room enough in the California desert for both” conservation and renewable energy.
This particular situation is noteworthy because it serves as a reminder that some environmental issues have been raised even in regard to clean energy plants. Opponents of this particular facility had noted that there is a large amount of private land in the Mojave region that would still be suitable for solar energy development.

I bet Sen. Feinstein thinks Cape Wind would be a great idea, though.