“They Promised It Would Power the Future”: California’s Ivanpah Solar Giant Is Shutting Down After Killing Thousands of Birds (and wasting billions in funding)

Illustration of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System with its heliostats and towers in the Mojave Desert.

“They Promised It Would Power the Future”: California’s Ivanpah Solar Giant Is Shutting Down After Killing Thousands of Birds (and wasting billions in funding)