Nonetheless, environmental groups say strong federal oversight of bodies of water is needed even if Nevada’s state laws adequately protect its own water. That’s because many Nevadans get their drinking water from interstate waterways, such as the Colorado River or …
Bighorn sheep are native to the Lake Range on the east side of Pyramid Lake but the species disappeared from the area in the early 1900s. The animal made a historic return, Monday night, thanks to an effort between the …
Originally posted the NevadaIndependent.com by Riley Snyder The State of Nevada released a report sharting greenhouse gas emissions in Nevada that includes recommendations for how we move to a carbon-free future and achieve state emission goals. You can read a …
Originally from New York Times website, January 3, 2020 by Lisa Friedman WASHINGTON — Federal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when they assess the environmental impacts of highways, pipelines and other major infrastructure projects, …
By Jim Myers | April 27, 2016 WASHINGTON — Gov. Brian Sandoval’s threat to pursue legal options to boost federal funding for managing wild horse populations drew mixed reaction from Nevada’s congressional delegation Wednesday. Reps. Mark Amodei and Joe Heck expressed …
By Michelle Rindels | April 25, 2016 A proposed ballot measure called the Energy Choice Initiative aims to deregulate electrical service in Nevada, opening up the market to providers other than NV Energy — the sole provider in most parts of …
By Justin Worland | April 21, 2016 Crescent Dunes looks and sounds a bit like an invention lifted from a science fiction novel. Deep in the Nevada desert more than 10,000 mirrors—each the size of a highway billboard—neatly encircle a giant …
By Jason Hidalgo | March 29, 2016 Nevada “cautiously” agreed on Tuesday with efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to include an abandoned copper mine near the town of Yerington on its priority list of contaminated sites. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced the …
By Daniel Rothberg | March 23, 2016 With Gov. Brian Sandoval’s administration eager to move past damaging publicity from a regulatory decision to increase bills for Nevada rooftop solar customers, the possibility of amending that decision was a key issue during …
Editorial | March 20, 2016 Nevada lawmakers were wondering last month whether to kill Gov. Brian Sandoval’s 5-year-old New Energy Industry Task Force, and we are certainly grateful that his office said, Hey, not so fast. Indeed, as we have editorialized …