How easily we have come to kill ancient living beings in the name of green energy...

... and this time even in the name of green energy! Only fools would object to such wanton destruction in the name of sustainable climate friendly energy projects, we are told. Be a fool, feel for the silent ancient Mojave yucca, and weep with me...

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A BrightSource contractor working on the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station in California's Mojave Desert kills a Mojave yucca (Yucca schidigera) that was likely between 400-800 years old. 

This video is posted under Fair Use provisions of US copyright laws, as a means of exposing activities by BrightSource that contravene that company's agreements and obligations to protect the fragile desert wildlife on the site it is now bulldozing.

The BLM recently reported that they expect as many as 140-150 tortoises to be found on the 4,000-acre site. If BrightSource is breaking its promises to transplant and preserve ancient desert plants, how can we trust what they're doing with the tortoises?

Imagine if this were a more charismatic plant, say a similar-aged Redwood or Sequoia tree - would you weep then? Would you be outraged?

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