 Nevada News
August 06, 2008 — Projections for Yucca revised — Estimated cost of nuclear waste dump: $96.2 billion — Stephens - Washington Bureau
August 04, 2008 — Reno firm's wind turbine a huge success — RGJ.com
August 04, 2008 —
Land bill focuses on north — Acres near capital would be designated for open space — AP
August 02, 2008 —
Government buys Tahoe site . . . U.S. Forest Service officials said the government assumed ownership Wednesday of Incline Lake and surrounding forestland after paying $46 million to the Incline Lake Corp — AP
August 01, 2008 —
Prove it won’t pump snake valley dry — LRJ.com
July 31, 2008 — Lahontan Reservoir nears record low; boaters warned to be careful
— RGJ.com
July 31, 2008 — First move taken to allow rental of solar panels
RJ.com
July 30, 2008 —
Panel backs power plants — CARSON CITY -- A governor-appointed panel Tuesday called for energy policy changes that aim to clean up Nevada's air without jeopardizing the construction of more power plants in the state — RJ.com
July 30, 2008 — Nevada Power gets OK for energy project — Las Vegas Sun
July 30, 2008 — New rules target well owners pumping illegally along the lower Colorado River — AP
July 30, 2008 — LAKE LAS VEGAS: Drainage feared — Owners say water could drain if bypass conduit fails — RJ.com
July 29, 2008 — Gibbons' picks for wildlife board panned — Despite lobbying for incumbents, governor makes new appointments — AP
July 28, 2008 —
Lake Tahoe warming faster than oceans
— RGJ.com
July, 26, 2008 —
Abandoned mines censured in report — Nevada estimated to have 50,000 dangerous sites — WASHINGTON -- The government has endangered the public's health and safety by failing to clean up abandoned mines on federal land in the West, according to a scathing audit released Friday.The Interior Department's inspector general found dangerous levels of arsenic, lead and mercury, along with gaping cavities, at dilapidated hard-rock mining sites easily accessible to visitors and residents.
— AP
July 26, 2008 — TONOPAH TEST RANGE: Horse death data examined — Tests of soil and water where 71 wild horses died on the Tonopah Test Range might have been compromised because the samples were collected seven months after the animals died, according to the manager of a team of scientists who analyzed the data — RJ.com
July 26, 2008 — Climate change to threaten Nevada water supplies — RGJ.com
July 26, 2008 — TMWA directors nix water system lease proposal RGJ.com
July 25, 2008 —
Sale of Incline Lake is imminent —Tahoe Bonanza
July 25, 2008 —
Fish kill proposed to save frogs in seven lakes — AP
July 25, 2008 —
Feds catching up with us on saving water
— Las Vegas Sun
July 24, 2008 — Sempra Generation Announces First Solar Energy Project — Market Watch
July 24, 2008 —
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: Nevada's fiscal woes among worst — As if you needed more bad news, Nevada's economic downturn now ranks as one of the worst among the 50 states. A National Conference of State Legislatures report released Wednesday found that tax revenue in Nevada fell by 7 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30 compared to the previous year — RJ.com
July 23, 2008 — Washoe acquires largest water import project in state history
— Washoe County commissioners on Tuesday officially took over the facilities to import 8,000 acre-feet of water from the Fish Springs Ranch for use in Lemmon Valley, the largest groundwater importation project in Nevada history RGJ.com
July 23, 2008 — Counties to verify signatures — Secretary of state says tax cap initiative can move forward — RJ.com
July 22, 2008 — Tahoe boat surveys going well, officials say — Nevada Appeal
July 22, 2008 —
Garbage-to-ethanol plant planned for Northern Nevada
— RGJ.com
July 21, 2008 — Feds: chemicals at pond where horses died natural
— AP
July 21, 2008 — Group says horses don't have to die — Aid for graze rights, tax breaks, suggested — RENO -- Animal advocates opposed to a federal proposal to euthanize wild horses in Nevada say there are other solutions to the problems officials face with overpopulation — AP (More Coverage — NPR
July 20, 2008 — Truckee River restoration project breaks ground — Nevada Appeal
July 20, 2008 —
NEW HEARTLAND: Brookings report predicts Nevada, nearby states will be American powerhouse — Las Vegas Sun
July 18, 2008 — State high court affirms ruling in free meals case; options weighed — RJ.com
July 17, 2008 —
Limiting growth to Washoe water resources makes Nov. ballot — RGJ.com
July 17, 2008 —
Wabuska geothermal plant to provide 35,000 acre feet for Walker Lake
— RGJ.com
July 17, 2008 — Three trailer parks face water problems . . .The Tolas, Deluxe and South Maine mobile home parks are struggling to comply with federal drinking water standards, said Dante Pistone, public information officer with the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection — LVN
July 17, 2008 — Storey ballot questions could thwart development — Nevada Appeal
July 16, 2008 —
Yucca Mountain cost estimate tops $90 billion — WASHINGTON -- The projected costs to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, ship used radioactive fuel to Nevada from around the country and operate the site for 100 years have grown to more than $90 billion, an energy department official said Tuesday — Stephens Washington Bureau
Juy 16, 2008 — Hearing scheduled for 2009 on water -Agency seeks another 16 billion gallons —CARSON CITY -- A hearing will be held in late 2009 on a bid by the main water supplier for Las Vegas for another 16 billion gallons from a valley on the state's border with Utah — AP
July 15, 2008 — Forces set to resist bid for rural water . . . Final arrangements are to be considered today for the biggest showdown to date over rural Nevadas water hearings to determine whether the Water Authority can take water from Snake Valley — Las Vegas Sun
July 15, 2008 —
Offer made to lease Reno-area water authority to private investors — RGJ.com
July 14, 2008 — Toquop comments under study — ST. GEORGE - The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection is still sifting its way through comments received on the Toquop Energy Project and it may be several months before it makes a decision on the facility's permit —The Spectrum
July 14, 2008 — Last summer roundup under way for Nevada mustangs —RGJ.com
July 11, 2008 — BUDGET BREAKER: Gaming tax collections sink — CARSON CITY -- At a time when Gov. Jim Gibbons, legislators and everyone else in Nevada would have welcomed good news about the state economy, they got an even more depressing report. The Gaming Control Board reported Thursday that gaming tax collections in June plunged 22.8 percent from June 2007, the worst drop in at least 10 years — RJ.com
July 10, 2008 — More Nevada firefighters sent to help fight California wildfires — RGJ.com
July 10, 2008 — Was Reids slur on coal an impolitic truth? — Las Vegas Sun
July 10, 2008 — Drawing Water: State Engineer Grants Some of Agency's Request — RJ.com
July 10, 2008 — Sunrise Mountain land release urged by BLM to aid area's cleanup — WASHINGTON -- The Bureau of Land Management on Wednesday renewed a call for Congress to release 10,240 acres of federal land at Sunrise Mountain from wilderness study . . . — Stephens Washington Bureau
July 10, 2008 — Electric mowers move quickly —Residents snatch up 1,000 offered by county in bid to ease pollution — RG.com
July 10, 2008 — Water officials to test automatic devices — RJ.com
July 09, 2008 — State grants more water for Las Vegas— State Engineer Tracy Taylor is granting the Southern Nevada Water Authority additional permission to draw 6.1 billion gallons of water from eastern Nevada a year for use in the growing Las Vegas area — Las Vegas Sun (More Coverage [July 10] — RJ.com
July 09, 2008 — Nev. officials project deepest budget cuts since Great Depression
— RGJ.com
July 09, 2008 — County to help fund polonium study — Churchill County Commissioners reluctantly have agreed to help fund a study to investigate the occurrence of polonium-210 in the Lahontan Valley — Lahontan Valley News
July 09, 2008 — Scientists studying smoke — With smoke wafting into the Tahoe Basin for the past two weeks from Northern California fires, scientists are adding another sampling station to monitor the smokes composition North Lake Tahoe - Bonanza
July 09, 2008 — UNR professor charges odor is from wood treatment plant, makes recommendations to ease problem — The Fernley Leader
July 08, 2008 —
Lakefront homes, while lake lasts — Despite glowing ads, Walker Lake may be dying, its fish vanishing — Lakefront land sales’, screamed the advertisement, "one weekend only." The pitch promised migrating loons and renowned Lahontan cutthroat trout fishing on Walker Lake, five hours from Las Vegas near Hawthorne — Las Vegas Sun 
July 07, 2008 — Water hearing strategy criticized — CARSON CITY, Nev. A conservation group claimed Monday that a Las Vegas water agency wants to exclude ranchers, Indian tribes, local governments and others from full participation in hearings on the agency’s bid for billions of gallons of rural Nevada water — AP (Related Story: Salt Lake Tribune)
July 07, 2008 — Proposal to euthanize wild horses spurs hot debate — RENO - Animal rights activists and ranchers are split over federal officials' proposal to euthanize wild horses to deal with surplus numbers on the range and in holding facilities — AP
July 06, 2008 [REACTION TO THE SUN´s WATER SERIES] The era of simple solutions is over by Pat Mulroy and Terry Katzer — Las Vegas Sun
July 05, 2008 — Human link is cited in past Tahoe wildfires — Illegal campfire led to devastating blaze in 2007: RENO -- Unlike California's recent barrage of lightning-caused blazes, most of the Reno-Lake Tahoe area's major wildfires in recent decades have been sparked by humans, fire officials said — AP (Related Story)
July 04, 2008 —
Nevadans ready for wildfires, Reid told — RJ.com
July 03, 2008 —
Solar plant site ban lifted - Agency will take bids to put projects on public lands — Two days after Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., promised the government would end its moratorium on applications for solar power sites, the Bureau of Land Management did just that. — RJ.com
July 03, 2008 — Panel takes look at toll road proposal — RJ.com
July 02, 2008 — Federal board rebuffs opposition to rail application —
Agency seeks to build Yucca Mountain line — Stephens Washington Bureau
July 01, 2008 —
Governor signs seven bills passed during special session —
Most deal with $275 million in budget cuts — RJ.com
July 01, 2008 —
RENEWABLE ENERGY: Sunny days for Las Vegas
— RJ.com
July 01, 2008 —
Wild horse euthanasia considered
— RENO -- Faced with too many wild horses on the range and in holding facilities, federal officials are considering drastic policy changes that include ending roundups and euthanizing animals — AP
June 30, 2008 — EPA seeks $70,400 fine from Nev. onion grower — Las Vegas Sun
June 30, 2008 — Longest-serving agency head retiring — Nevada Appeal
June 30, 2008 — When a gallon of gas is not exactly a gallon — Class-action suit says were getting cheated when high temperatures expand the fuel — Las Vegas Sun
June 29, 2008 — Owens Valley is the model of what to expect — As Las Vegas policymakers eye the water beneath Nevada, a scientific debate erupts over the possible effects — Las Vegas Sun
June 29, 2008 — So how many water rights do you need to build a house in Washoe County? — RGJ.com
June 29, 2008 — BATTLE LINES DRAWN: Buckley drops gauntlet — RJ.com (More Coverage - RGJ.com)
June 27, 2008 —
BIPARTISAN PLAN: $275 million more cuts — Lawmakers set for special session today — RJ.com
June 27, 2008 — [Nevada's]
Anti-warming proposals soft on industry — Las Vegas Sun (Read the Report)
June 27, 2008 — MacArthur Mine reclamation project is now complete — Mason Valley News
June 26, 2008 — Jerritt Canyon Mine to boost gold production — Elko Daily Free Press
June 26, 2008 — ARCO to pay over $2.7 million for cleanup costs incurred at Anaconda Yerington Mine (Empire Nevada Mine) — UbaNet.com
June 26, 2008 —
EPA orders company to investigate Leviathan
— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Atlantic Richfield Company to complete a comprehensive investigation of the Leviathan Mine Superfund site to determine long-term cleanup actions at the former mine located near California-Nevada border in Alpine County —Record-Courier
June 26, 2008 — SOUTHERN NEVADA OUTLOOK: Economist says region in recession — RJ.com
June 25, 2008 — Reno issues air quality advisory because of smoke — California wildfires spread bad air to region — RGJ.com
June 24, 2008 — State sends crews to fight California blazes — Less than 24 hours after 6,000 bolts of lightning sparked a rash of California wildfires, crews from Nevada were on the scene to lend a hand — RJ.com
June 24, 2008 —
Legislators unable to land budget deal - Meetings seek spending cuts before special session — RJ.com
June 24, 2008 —
Cut the smog: Trade-in program starts for gasoline mowers
— RJ.com
June 23, 2008 —
Minden resident starts valley curbside recycling program — RGJ.com
June 23, 2008 — BLM leaves Reid out of the loop — He learns of big delay for new solar plants in region from the paper — Las Vegas Sun
June 22, 2008 — SPECIAL SESSION: Workers not losing all raises —
Lawmakers can't eliminate some pay hikes — RJ.com
June 21, 2008 —
BUDGET CRISIS: Cutting session delayed
— Pessimistic figures spur Gibbons to convene Legislature this Friday — RJ.com (Related Story)
June 20, 2008 — TURN ON THE TAP: Las Vegas Water District says it's safe and cheap to drink the water — RJ.com
June 20, 2008 — Mussels last meal Scientists want to add bacteria that are lethal to invasive mollusks to water at Hoover or Davis dams, but they say tests will be done to ensure safety — Las Vegas Sun
June 20, 2008 — Target still vague as special session looms — Las Vegas Sun
June 20, 2008 — Official confident Yucca plan to clear licensing challenges — Nevada leaders say application has holes — Stephens Washington Bureau
June 19, 2008 — Taxes may be part of agenda — RGJ.com
June 19, 2008 — FISCAL CRISIS: Agencies asked to add to cuts: Figure for budget shortfall inflated, Democratic legislators say RJ.com
June 19, 2008 — BLM: Drought forces wild horse roundup — Goal is 1,700 animals in three herd areas . . . "There is very limited water available for the horses, very little food," said Susie Stokke, BLM's Nevada wild horse and burro program manager — AP
June 18, 2008 — Solar plant builders decry freeze — The federal government will do a sweeping study of the environmental effects of solar power plant development on public land in the Southwest, in part to speed up approval of solar projects — Las Vegas Sun
June 18, 2008 —
House panel approves full funding for Yucca — Stephens Washington Bureau
June 17, 2008 — Cash for grass program taking steps to entice more businesses
— Las Vegas Sun
June 17, 2008 —
Lanni proposes payroll tax hike
— Las Vegas Sun
June 15, 2008 — The Equation: No water, no growth — Las Vegas Sun
Jun 15, 2008 —
Nuclear waste deal opposed — RJ.com
June 14, 2008 — Lawyer points to latest canal breach — RENO -- A lawyer for flood victims said Friday that this week's failure of another canal provides more ammunition in the legal battle to slow water flows in a century-old Northern Nevada irrigation system because it shows "these ancient embankments are not as strong as they appear" — AP
June 13, 2008 —
Raggio explains need for special session — Nevada Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio, R-Reno, said today that the state must postpone the 4 percent salary increase that state employees and teachers are scheduled to receive July 1 to avoid layoffs — RJ.com [More Coverage]
June 13, 2008 — Gibbons calls for a special session of the Legislature on June 23
— RGJ.com (Read the Press Release)
June 13, 2008 — State revenue shortfall closes in on $1 billion — CARSON CITY -- The state revenue shortfall is approaching $1 billion, making Nevada's budget crisis the worst in at least 30 years, Gov. Jim Gibbons said Thursday — RJ.com
June 13, 2008 — Nevada Copper in advanced exploration stage at Pumpkin Hollow —
The Nevada Copper Corporation is developing what it considers "Nevada's next major copper mine" in the Pumpkin Hollow area southeast of Yerington and is ready to go into the advanced exploration stage, with hopes to be producing copper within several years — Mason Valley News
June 13, 2008 —
Fallon irrigation canal fails — FALLON -- A second breach in six months of a century-old irrigation system in northern Nevada washed out a road, damaged an access bridge and took out part of a spillway, authorities said Thursday — AP
June 12, 2008 —
Gibbons decides against session — Leaders to meet today to address revenue shortfall — RJ.com
June 12, 2008 — Outlook hazy:  Talk about a corner office with a view. On a clear day from a high vantage point in Great Basin National Park, Tod Williams says he can see for more than 100 miles —newsreview.com
June 12, 2008 — Home builders fined for polluting: Nevada stands to collect $182,000 in water-runoff case — RJ.com
June 12, 2008 — Engineer testifies canal flows 'safe' — Fernley residents seek to avoid future flooding — AP
June 12, 2008 — For Vegas, this low average is a good thing . . . The Brookings Institution report ranks Las Vegas in the upper echelon of the nation 100 largest metropolitan areas in terms of the relatively small “carbon footprint
June 12, 2008 — INCLINE VILLAGE — Donor underwrites endowment to maintain Tahoe — An anonymous donor has emerged to underwrite a majority of a $5 million endowment fund to preserve the historic Thunderbird Lodge at Lake Tahoe, the curator at the estate said — Nevada Appeal
June 11, 2008 —
Ozone pollution advisory issued — Faced with a tightened federal standard for ground-level ozone, Clark County air quality officials issued an unprecedented two-month advisory Tuesday to warn Las Vegas Valley residents that the summertime pollutant could violate the Environmental Protection Agency's standard on some days in June and July — RJ.COM
June 11, 2008 — Landfills little helper: Sewage sludge cakes — Las Vegas Sun
June 11, 2008 — Fernley blaze stresses need for industrial fire brigade — Lahontan Valley News
June 10, 2008 —
Long-term canal repairs to cost millions — Trappers are removing rodents that helped cause last winter's breach of an irrigation canal east of Reno, but a long-term solution to the problem will take years and cost millions, a federal official told a panel of Nevada lawmakers Monday— RGJ.com
June 10, 2008 — NATIONAL FOREST LAND: Ruling upends road deal: Pact that gave county right of way challenged — RENO -- A federal appeals panel has revived a 10-year legal battle over a remote Nevada road on national forest land and a threatened fish by siding with environmental groups who argued they were denied participation earlier this decade in talks to quell the bickering — AP
June 10, 2008 —Scientists track spread of Tahoe's nonnative fish: Results of study might help officials control invasion — Large mouth bass and bluegill typically are found in much warmer waters. Researchers think they were introduced into Lake Tahoe by people about 15 years ago — AP
June 10, 2008 — EPA order aims to avoid trash-laden flood: Landfill operator must submit plan to prevent repeat of '98 incident — RJ.com [USEPA - Press Release]
June 08, 2008 — THE CHOSEN ONE —Anointed to head [Las Vegas] valleys water district, Pat Mulroy has already reaped big rewards while earning her comparisons to the man who turned Californias Owens Valley into a dust bowl — Las Vegas Sun
June 08, 2008 —
Nevada lawmakers urged to register off-road vehicles
— AP
June 08, 2008 —
Congress adopts budget plan
— Stephens Washington Bureau
June 07, 2008 — Who should get underground water? — Desert News
June 07, 2008 —
Gibbons calls for summit to organize Yucca fight — Las Vegas Review Journal
June 06, 2008 — Esmeralda also rejects lands bill with wilderness designation — Esmeralda County became the third Nevada county to adopt a formal resolution opposing a lands bill that requires wilderness designation and added a provision that "all existing Wilderness Study Areas (WSA) within Esmeralda not suitable for Wilderness: be released — RGJ.com
June 06, 2008 — Nevada lawmakers claim politics fuels Yucca bid — Stephens Washington Bureau
June 05, 2008 — Group wants rule changes for off-road vehicles — RGJ.com
June 05, 2008 —
Nevada files challenge to Yucca license — RJ.com
June 04, 2008 —
Team wanted lower flow for canal that failed Fernley — AP
June 03, 2008 — Gibbons weighs selling tobacco payments to plug budget gaps — Caught between the prospect of drastic 14 percent statewide budget cuts and his no-new-taxes pledge, Gov. Jim Gibbons is considering tobacco as a solution. — Las Vegas Sun
June 03, 2008 —
High Ozone Levels More Common — An air quality advisory has been issued in Clark County for ozone levels and a local official says we may be seeing these advisories more often. An ozone advisory means conditions are favorable for unhealthy levels of ground-level ozone — LasVegasNow.com
June 02, 2008 — Coming to Minden: full-service biofuels —RGJ.com
Jun 02, 2008 — GROUNDWATER PUMPING: Pipeline obstacle looming — Southern Nevada Water Authority officials have requested a state hearing on the final piece of a massive pipeline project they plan to build to tap groundwater from across eastern Nevada — RJ.com
June 01, 2008 — Yucca license application is next round in 20-year battle
—  Washington On the brink of what should be a milestone for the Yucca Mountain project, prospects for the nuclear waste dump outside of Las Vegas have never been more in doubt — Las Vegas Sun
More Coverage — NPR
More Coverage — RJ.com
May 31, 2008 —
Climate Change: Forests, wildlife, fire danger all expected to be effected by warming Sierra
— Sierra Sun
May 31, 2008 — Ecomapper might offer new perspective on lake — It looks like a torpedo but acts like a robot when it glides through Lake Mead looking for submerged objects, collecting water quality data and mapping the lake's bottom — RJ.com
May 31, 2008 — Petitions to cap LV agency funds rejected - Secretary of State tabled tax-raising plan too — AP
May 31, 2008 —
Pelicans wing up north — RJ.com
May 30, 2008 — 45,000 acre feet of water acquired thus far in Walker River Basin Project
RGJ.com
May 30, 2008 — June remains target date for Walker River Basin legislative draft — RGJ.com
May 30, 2008 —
Court ruling holds flow rate steady in canal — Judge also orders daily inspections — RENO -- Farmers and ranchers dependent on water in an irrigation canal that flooded Fernley in January scored at least a temporary victory Thursday with a federal court order that allows canal flows to continue at the current rate at least until next week — AP
May 30, 2008 — [Editorial]
Smog begone — Las Vegas Sun
May 30, 2008 — Contract for wood could fire up dormant power plant . . . Lorraine Bagwell, deputy director of support services for the state Corrections Department, said six bids have been received to provide wood to fuel the plant. She expects to sign a contract by June 20 for one or more companies to supply the fuel — Las Vegas Sun
May 29, 2008 —
Taxable sales cup half full or half empty — Gibbons won't call special session — RJ.com
May 29, 2008, —
Officials say tests clear Reno water — Laboratory analyzed samples taken from five different sources — RENO: After extensive testing, Washoe County officials on Wednesday said the Reno-area's drinking water supply is clean and drug free. — AP
May 29, 2008 — Reno council postpones zoning vote — RGJ.com
May 29, 2008 — McCain's Yucca talk gets low-key response — One source says idea won't even be discussed
. . . "It is so far removed from where we are in policy circles that I can't imagine it being discussed, even in bar talk," the official said — Stephens Washington Bureau [Related Story - McCain still supports Yucca nuke dump — AP]
May 29, 2008 — Las Vegas carbon footprint surprsingly small — Las Vegas Sun
May 28, 2008 —
McCain: We may not need Yucca — RJ.com
May 28, 2008 — Bango Oil shares odor sampling results with residents, county commission — Lahontan Valley News
May 27, 2008 —
Governors get final Tahoe fire report — SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. Emergency declarations for five counties ringing Lake  Tahoe were signed Tuesday by California and Nevada governors to help speed fire-protection efforts in the scenic mountain resort area hit by a catastrophic blaze last summer — AP
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May 27, 2008 — Hearing to tackle disputed Winnemucca Ranch project— Winnemucca Ranch, a 12,000-home project proposed west of Pyramid Lake, is the poster child of what shouldn't be done, opponents of Reno's expansion into outlying areas have said — RGJ.com
May 27, 2008 — Muscling up against invasives — $1.3 million is set to fund boat inspections — Nevada Appeal
May 27, 2008 — Governors at Tahoe today to accept Angora fire report — Nevada Appeal
May 26, 2008 — Vegas schools get state OK for pilot renewable energy plan — AP
May 25, 2008 — Lake Tahoe buoy, pier plan protested — RJ.com
May 24, 2008 — Panel approves Gibbons' budget cuts - Legislative OK apparently never in doubt — RJ.com
May 23, 2008 —
Mine air monitoring program [Yerington NV.] deemed 'successful' — RGJ.com
May 23, 2008 — Yucca license process weighed — While critics are expected to raise hundreds of legal challenges to the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, the Department of Energy bid to win a license to build it likely will hinge on only a couple of key issues, an industry official said Thursday — Las Vegas Review Journal
May 23, 2008 — West Nile combat begins — RGJ.com
May 22, 2008 — Compromise makes Incline Lake public A scenic alpine lake and private enclave overlooking Lake Tahoe should be in the publics hands this summer under a compromise announced today — GJ.com
May 22, 2008 — Wilderness road upgrade has to wait — Environmentalists left out of deal get their — Carson City Environmentalists have won a round in their seven-year battle to limit reconstruction and traffic on a road into the pristine wilderness area of Jarbidge in Elko County Cy Ryan - Las Vegas Sun
May 21, 2008 — Yucca father changes his tune — Washington — The lawmaker perhaps most responsible for turning Yucca Mountain into the nation’s proposed nuclear waste dump said Tuesday the politically opposed project should never have been billed as a place to hold waste indefinitely — Las Vegas Sun
May 21, 2008 — Agencies support Carson Range fire plan — Nearly 100,000 homes along a swath of the eastern Sierra from Reno to Douglas County would receive added protection in a new plan to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires — RGJ.com
May 21, 2008 —
STATE WORKERS: Pay raise could be repealed — Governor considering special session — RJ.com
May 21, 2008 — Garbage company seeks help with cleanup: Republic Services says taxpayers should chip in for work at landfill — RJ. com
May 21, 2008 — Politics and clean air [Editorial] — Las Veas Sun
May 20, 2008 — Gas peakers set to kick in when weather sizzles — Jet-engine-like units joining gas plant, solar panels near U.S. 95 [Las Vegas] — Las Vegas Sun
May 20, 2008 — Teachers give up gaming tax bid in deal — Offer of money from hike in room tax sways union — Las Vegas Sun
May 20, 2008 —
RADIATION RULES: EPA chief defends Yucca work —
Agency's head says guidelines for health take time to be formulated
— WASHINGTON -- The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday defended the agency's work on Yucca Mountain radiation health rules that remain uncompleted after close to three years of review — Stephens Washington Bureau
May 18, 2008 — Looking into the nuclear abyss — Nevada Test Site tourists are assured its perfectly safe Las Vegas Sun
May 17, 2008 — State preservationists echo group's concerns — Study criticized poor upkeep of historic places — Stephens Washington Bureau
May 16, 2008 — Closure of Pahrump's landfill expected by 2017 Pahrump Valley Times
May 16, 2008 — Water authority revenue growth [Vegas] slows: Amount of 'connection charge' income lower — RJ.com
May 16, 2008 — Six Years On, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Repository Slowly Moves Forward— Energy Department officials confirmed this week that they plan to submit an application in June to license the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump as the nation's first spent-nuclear fuel repository — PBS
May 15, 2008 — Pumps to feed water plant: Repairs approved for Highland Ditch flume [Reno] — Officials by late Friday with the Truckee Meadows Water Authority expect to have temporary measures in place sufficient to meet peak summer water demand in the wake of earthquake damage to the utilitys water delivery system — RGJ.com
May 15, 2008 — Gibbons orders more cutbacks Gov. Jim Gibbons gave state agency chiefs the grim task Wednesday of finding ways to carve more than half a billion dollars from the budgets they are crafting for the 2009 Legislature — RGJ.com (More Coverage)
May 15, 2008 —
Landfill decree avoids big issue — County deal with EPA wont settle who will pay for cleanup — Las Vegas Sun
May 15, 2008 — Cleanup begins for home project — Gibbons, officials, kick off $70 million Henderson decontamination operation — LRJ.com More Coverage
May 15, 2008 — Atomic testing burned its mark — Test Site employed thousands, put many more at risk — Las Vegas Sun
May 14, 2008 — Las Vegas Valley's faults different from China's — Las Vegas Sun
May 14, 2008 — Sierra Pacific weighs wind energy project — Wind could be generating up to one-fifth of the nation's electricity supply by 2030, a federal report shows, but while no such generation exists in Nevada, utilities are working toward that goal — RGJ.com
May 13, 2008 — Water, growth issues move across state lines — RGJ.com
May 13, 2008 — Plan: Remove toxins, build homes — Permits fully in place, cleanup to begin soon for 15,000-home community in Henderson — For 18 years this land near Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway, the site of a former magnesium plant and toxic waste dumping, has been the subject of more than 500,000 tests for contamination. After $60 million in private spending, the site is expected to be ready this week for cleanup to begin so a 2,200-acre community can be built. — Las Vegas Sun
May 12, 2008 — Scientists: 'encouraging' signs for Tahoe's clarity — RGJ.com
May 13, 2008 —
His priority: Protect rural water — Carson City Sen. Dean Rhoads, the second in seniority in the Nevada Legislature, says his priority in the 2009 session will be to protect the water resources of rural Nevada — Las Vegas Sun
May 13, 2008 —
Mystery haze fills LV Valley RJ.com
May 07, 2008 — Lake Mead cleanup proves successful – EPA, water officials cooperate to reduce levels of perchlorate — While environmental officials in other states have been bickering over who is responsible for cleaning up contamination from the rocket fuel ingredient, perchlorate, and to what level, water quality officials in Nevada have blazed a trail to follow — Las Vegas Sun
May 7, 2008 — Inspections will check for invasive mussels — RGJ.com
May 06, 2008 —
SOUTH VALLEY FACILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT: Henderson water plan proposed
— A series of tunnels could be drilled through the mountains south and east of Henderson as part of a massive expansion of the valley's water distribution system — RJ.com
May 06, 2008 — Planned coal plant gives up its water source — Some see step as sign Mesquite-area coal burner [Toquop] wont be built — Las Vegas Sun
May 05, 2008 — Working against Wildfire Tahoe officials look back on a years worth of effort toward fire safety — Sierra Sun
May 04, 2008 — A coal - fired discussion — Four experts debate how best to meet Nevadas energy needs — Las Vegas Sun
May 03, 2008 —
BEAUTIFUL MINES IN 2007 FOR NEVADA
— CARSON CITY -- Nevada mines produced a record $5.4 billion worth of gold, silver and other minerals in 2007 compared with about $4.9 billion in 2006 production value, according to a state Minerals Division report released Friday — AP
May 02, 2008 — Air quality passable in Washoe & Carson — Washoe County and Carson City air quality received passing grades in a report released Thursday by the American Lung Association — RJ.com
May 02, 2008 —
Water authority says revenue to fall — Number of hookups for new customers expected to decline . . . .In yet another ugly example of the [Las Vegas] valley's slumping housing and construction markets, the water authority is projecting a $52 million drop in revenue from new customer hookups over the next year — RJ.com
May 02, 2008 — Worker pay raises account for most of Reno budget increase — RGJ.com
May 02, 2008 — Canal flows to increase — FERNLEY -- Water flows in the Truckee Canal that breached and flooded hundreds of homes in January should be increased by next week, federal officials said — AP
May 01, 2008 — State still planning on using birth control on wild horses —Birth control will still be part of the Nevada Department of Agriculture's program to manage wild horses on the Virginia Range - just not at this time — Nevada Appeal
May 01, 2008 — Yucca corrosion data found to be suspicious — Stephens Washington Bureau
May 01, 2008 — Gibbons appoints penny pincher — RJ.com
April 30, 2008 — Governor launches anti-waste panel — AP
April 30, 2008 — Panel looks to cut $400 million more Nevada Appeal
April 30, 2008 —
Flooding of the Carson River a real possibility
— RGJ.com
April 29, 2008 — Barrick honored for using revolutionary road treatment — Elko Daily Free Press
April 28, 2008 — We do caffeine, but not much hard stuff — Las Vegas Sun
April 27, 2008 — Scientists: Prepare for large quake — AP
April 26, 2008 —
Gibbons seeks ruling on budget cut proposal — Legal opinion sought on whether approval by lawmakers needed — RJ.com
April 25, 2008 — U.S. judge sends Nevada canal water flow case to state court — AP
April 25, 2008 —
Purse strings to get tighter — Budget cuts were quick fix; toughest decisions loom — Las Vegas Sun
April 25, 2008 — Nellis households take to commingled recycling — Las Vegas Sun
April 25, 2008 —
Nevada high court reverses utility refund RGJ.com
April 24, 2008 —
A Reno to Rim Trail reality? — Nevada Appeal
April 24, 2008 — [Las Vegas] Sun editorial: Clearing the air —
Federal study demonstrates clear link between smog and premature deaths Las Vegas Sun
April 23, 2008 —
Nevada No. 2 in solar power development — Thanks to two giant solar projects, Nevada ranked second only to California in solar power development last year, the Solar Energy Industry Association said.— LRJ.com
April 22, 2008 — ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE: It's Easy Being Green: Valley casinos [Las Vegas] taking steps toward conserving energy — RJ.com
April 21, 2008 — Thousands rally at Earth Day celebration — RGJ.com [More Coverage - Las Vegas]
April 21, 2008 —
This fish story is true — Scientists will lab-raise minnows to test effects of treated wastewater — The fish in Las Vegas Bay look healthy on the outside, but it’s what’s inside that matters. For more than a decade scientists have found that some fish . . . — Las Vegas Sun
April 21, 2008 — Live wire: Clean' coal, high-tech scrubbers make plant environmentally friendly — Elko Daily Free Press
April 19, 2008 —
Scientist: Stop carbon emissions or face ruin — Droughts, more wildfires, hotter and longer summers and more violent storms will plague the desert Southwest if carbon-dioxide pollution continues, a leading climate-change scientist believes — LRJ.com
April 19, 2008 — Sportsmen petition governor for wildlife commission — AP
April 18, 2008 —
Federal official says users responsible for levee fixes — Stephens Washington Bureau [Related Story]
April 18, 2008 — Singer joins fight to save wild horses — RJ.com
April 18, 2008 — Yucca official: Project may not be big enough — Nevada Appeal
April 17, 2008 — Washoe County vows to be a 'Green Region' — RGJ.com
April 17, 2008 — Tax proposed to aid canal fix — Some Northern Nevadans might face assessment of $1.50 per acre — RJ.com
April 16, 2008 — Jerritt Canyon fallout: Capurro lays off route drivers temporarily — Elko Daily Free Perss
April 16, 2008 — Wild horse deaths studied Soil, water samples taken from test range — — RJ.com
April 16, 2008 —
Senator criticizes high-speed train plan
— LVRJ.com
April 16, 2008 —
YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Nevada calls plan deficient — DOE's future installation of drip shields challenged — — RJ.com [Related Story]
April 15, 2008 —
Heavenly installing filters to treat stormwater runoff
— Nevada Appeal
April 15, 2008 —
Scientist getting state prize lobbies Gibbons: Governor urged to oppose coal-fired power plants — AP
April 14, 2008 — Water story makes big splash — Doomsday predictions for Lake Mead, Las Vegas get world's attention — RJ.com
April 13, 2008 —
Reid bill focuses on aging canals
— Measure would allot millions for inspections — AP
April 11, 2008 — Official says state won't feed its starving horses — CARSON CITY -- Nevada's new Agriculture Department director has vowed not to purchase hay to feed stray horses, although many of them may be starving in the mountains near Virginia City — RJ.com
April 11, 2008 — Prisons wood-fired power plant a big loser —
After 2-month shutdown, state will farm out operations — Las Vegas Sun
April 09, 2008 — Flood victims seek justice — Judge to determine who is responsible— RENO -- Eighteen lawyers representing flood victims, U.S. and local governments, real estate agents, insurance companies and others crowded into a federal courtroom Tuesday to begin sorting out who is responsible for the failure of an irrigation canal and resulting damage to hundreds of Fernley homes. — LVRJ.com
April 09, 2008 — County [Lyon] says again it will abide by State Engineer's decision on proposed water importation proposal — RGJ.com
April 09, 2008 — Mineral County gets EPA grant — RENO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday awarded a $400,000 grant to Mineral County to assess pollution from historic mining and railroad operations in the area — AP
April 08, 2009 — After revisions, Lyon okays public outreach brochure on Carson Mercury Site — RGJ.com [View Brochure]
April 08, 2008 — $910 MILLION: Governor: Shortfall increased — CARSON CITY -- Gov. Jim Gibbons said Monday that the state's budget deficit has grown to about $910 million, but because of extra money discovered by the state treasurer he can avoid additional cuts by state agencies and layoffs of workers.— RJ.com
April 08, 2008 — Residents oppose Evans Ranch plans — RGJ.com
Apri 08, 2008 — Water: The more you use, the more youll have to pay LAS Vegas Sun
April 07, 2008 — TAX REVENUES: State budget woes to continue — Experts: Flat economy won't improve anytime soon — LRJ.com (Related Story)
April 07, 2008 — Lawmakers ease off on wilderness idea — A proposal to designate a vast swath of rugged terrain in western Nevada as wilderness has alarm bells ringing in several rural communities . . . — RGJ.com
April 07, 2008 —
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION: Fernley flooding triggers canal review
— Rodents, trees, time take toll across West — AP
April 05, 2008 — What was waste will make power — At new plant, air heated to nearly 1,000 degrees by existing facility will be used to run turbine — Las Vegas Sun
April 05, 2008 —
Tax initiative case appeal unsettled, resort official says — LRJ.com
April 05, 2008 — EDITORIAL: Cut the trees — It may save the planet from global warming! — LRJ.com
April 04, 2008 —
Crews work to restore Waterfall fire area
— Nevada Appeal
April 04, 2008 — Gibbons plans government overhaul — Governor to target waste, inefficiency —  Gov. Jim Gibbons said Thursday that he hopes soon to form a commission to examine the state budget and root out government inefficiency and waste. — LRJ.com
April 04, 2008 — Gibbons now sees water pipeline as 'part of the solution' for valley — — LRJ.com
April 04, 2008 —
Gaming tax hike petitions in works
— LRJ.com
April 04, 2008 —
Grant aids wood waste transport to biomass plant
— AP
April 02, 2008 — Sims says BLM causing EEC delay — What would be Nevada's largest energy development since 1936 is at least two years behind schedule, according to the developer of the proposed Ely Energy Center — elynews.com
April 02, 2008 — Nevada water supply debated — AP
April 02, 2008 —
Utility may be takeover target — LRJ.com
April 01, 2008 — REVENUE FORECAST: Budget shortfall $898 million — Gibbons works with lawmakers on ways to reduce spending — LRJ.com
March 31, 2008 — Developer seeks rural Nevada water for $30 billion project — AP
March 31, 2008 — House passes Heller water bill — LRJ.com
March 31, 2008 —
VARIED OPTIONS: Big ideas, slim hope for water — Report lists 12 alternatives to Colorado River water — LRJ.com
March 30, 2008 — Tahoe pier dispute lingers — Problems pointed out in proposed shoreline development rules . . . . "What I heard today is everybody really dislikes this plan so we must be getting close," Allen Biaggi, director of the Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and an appointee to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency governing board, said during an agency meeting last week. — AP
March 29, 2008 —
Deadline looms to save historic Tahoe 'Castle'
— LRJ.com
March 28, 2008 — Wilderness: Four Nevada lawmakers inform Reid, others of opposition — RGJ.com
March 28, 2008 — Shorezone ordinances closer — TRPA authorizes staff to finalize language — TahoeBonanza.com
March 28, 2008 — New road sweeper technology hopes to reduce and gather fine sediments going to Lake Tahoe — TahoeBonanza.com
March 28, 2008 — Agency critic appointed to TRPA — (CA Assemblyman Tim Leslie) — NevadaAppeal.com
March 27, 2008 — Officials: Nothing we can do about [Reno] dump site — RGJ.com
March 27, 2008 — Nevada senator (Ensign) pushes coal-fired power plant — (Ely Energy Center to be added to carbon capture list[?]) — DailysSparksTribune.com
March 27, 2008 — An energy promise kept — (30-megawatt plant near Fallon) — LasVegasSun.com
March 26, 2008 — EPA issues order on scooter facility — NevadaAppeal.com
March 25, 2008 — Warming could hurt Tahoe fish, plants within decade — RGJ.com
March 24, 2008 — Water authority goes with Virgin River flow — Under a sweeping agreement signed in December by the seven Colorado River states, water managers in Las Vegas won the right to tap the Virgin River without having to build even an inch of new pipeline — LRJ.com
March 24, 2008 — New stretch of river to be restored at 102 Ranch — RGJ.com
March 22, 2008 —
Disaster decree sought for Tahoe fire remedy — SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. -- A special panel created after last summer's Lake Tahoe wildfire warned Friday that another catastrophic blaze is imminent, and it wants a disaster declaration to hasten fire-protection efforts — AP
(More Coverage - Tahoe Tribune)
March 21, 2008 —
Nevada officials fret as shortfall estimate nears $800 million
— AP
March 21, 2008 —
Rodent burrows blamed in canal failure — Steps outlined for resuming portion of flow — AP
March 21, 2008 — Desalination gets a serious look — It isn’t cheap and it requires lots of energy, but fresh water from the ocean might be part of Southern Nevada’s future as other sources dry up — Las Vegas Sun
March 20, 2008 — EPA orders Minden company to comply with federal wastewater laws The Record Courier
March 20, 2008 — LAKE MEAD INTAKE PROJECT: Contractor pick expected - Company based in Italy probable choice of panel — LRJ.com (Update - Water authority awards contract )
March 20, 2008 —
Outlook for state budget remains gloomy — Shortfall might deepen beyond $500 million — CARSON CITY -- The Gibbons administration is developing new revenue projections that could be far worse than a January report showing a $500 million-plus shortfall by mid-2009 — AP
March 19, 2008 —
Lake Tahoe fire under microscope: Governors commission to wrap up its work
— Nevada Appeal
March 19, 2008 — Barrick provides seed money for Rubies trail — Elynews.com
March 19, 2008 —
Convenient gas? Not any price — Sandy Valley residents say safe water worth more than a local pump . . . Jim Najima, chief of the [Nevada Division of Environmental Protection's] corrective actions bureau, said leaks from underground storage tanks can happen but are not common, and instances of leaks affecting drinking water are even rarer . . . — Las Vegas Sun
March 19, 2008 — Gypsum miner has to prove molasses odor reduction — The Fernley Leader
March 18, 2008 — Gibbons promises more info on state finances — Nevada Appeal
March 17, 2008 —
Mining tax hike talk rises with gold prices — CARSON CITY -- With gold closing Friday on New York markets for more than $1,000 per ounce for the first time in history, no one should be surprised that some people want to extract more in mining taxes to help cope with the state's financial woes — LRJ.com
March 16, 2008 — Bango Oil considers expanding its services — Lahontan Valley News
March 16, 2008 —
Bears focus of trash plan — AP
March 15, 2008 — Crush, but don't flush, unused pharmaceuticals — RGJ.com
March 15, 2008 —
Ungrounded fears or shaky ground?
— Residents on land that was Reno's municipal landfill for 30 years oppose building an apartment complex on the site because they insist the developer hasn't removed all the buried trash — RGJ.com
March 14, 2008 —
YUCCA MOUNTAIN: DOE: Expect license application after all —
Sproat says June back on track WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department has readjusted its Yucca Mountain work plans after a deep budget cut and will be ready after all to apply for a license in June to build a Nevada nuclear waste repository, the program director said Thursday — Stephens Washington Bureau
March 14, 2008 — ARCO undertakes health risk assessment work plan in wake of '07 dust storm at mine— by PATRICK ABANATHY Mason Valley News
March 13, 2008 — Ratepayers win in failed energy plant case— CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) Regulators decided Thursday that a Nevada utility can collect only about $6 million of the $42 million it sought from ratepayers for a failed clean-coal generating plant that already has netted more than $200 million in taxpayer and ratepayer dollars — RGJ.com
March 13, 2008 — Groups file suit seeking limits on growth [Reno] RGJ.com
March 13, 2008 — New ozone standard worries Nevada officials . . . . Under the revised standard, Clark County most likely will be designated a nonattainment area for ozone with hundreds of other areas across the nation when the EPA issues its list in 2010. Once designated, the areas will have three years to develop plans that demonstrate they can comply with the standard in 20 years — LRJ.com
Related Information: Design Values by County for 2008 Ozone Standard - Based on Monitored Air Quality Data from 2004-2006 - Only includes counties with monitors
March 13, 2008 — Agency [NDEP] responds to Reid request with boxes of data — Stephens Washington Bureau
March 13, 2008 — DISASTER FOR NEVADA SHEEP:  Disease strikes bighorns Death of herd of 110 feared: RENO -- A disease outbreak may have wiped out a herd of California bighorn sheep in northwest Nevada, wildlife officials said Wednesday — AP
March 12, 2008 —
Water, growth ballot questions axed — RGJ.com
March 12, 2008 —
Mining legal battle brewing — Environmental watchdogs in Nevada and three other states plan to file suit today in federal court to close a loophole they say allows mining companies to skip out on costly cleanups by declaring bankruptcy — LRJ.com
March 12, 2008 — Nevada gold mine ordered shut for mercury — Reno Gazette Journal
 Read NDEP's Press Release
March 12, 2008 —
New mining rush opposed — Environmental groups fear surge; law shields Las Vegas from claims — LRJ.com
March 12, 2008 — Dems bill would stop new coal-fired power plants — WASHINGTON Leading congressional Democrats introduced a bill today that would essentially halt all new coal-fired power plants, including those planned for Nevada — Las Vegas Sun
March 12, 2008 — Dry Town, Dry Future — Las Vegas Sun
March 11, 2008 —
Water authority official: Findings a 'non-issue' — The Southern Nevada Water Authority uses one of the most advanced treatment methods available, but three different pharmaceuticals still show up in valley tap water in minuscule concentrations. — LRJ.com
March 11, 2008 —
From desert to Antarctica: Searching for climate clues
— Nevadan heads team studying ancient ice core — Las Vegas Sun
March 11, 2008 — Brighter billboards debate heats up — RGJ.com
March 11, 2008 — As temperatures rise, region starving for more winter storms — Nevada Appeal
March 10, 2008 —
State believes disease responsible for big horn die-off
— Nevada Appeal
March 07, 2008 — Keeping the lake clean of car-wash grime — Tahoe Tribune
March 07, 2008 — TRPA has faced controversy since the agency's beginning — Nevada Appeal
March 07, 2008 — Toquop [Power Plant] comments due today — TheSpectrum.com
March 07, 2008 — Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice Republic Services got commissioner to pay for free service the first time — Las Vegas Sun
March 07, 2008 — No small worry:
Critics say tiny particles from coal plants, though within limits, pose threats — Opponents of the coal-fired power plants proposed for Nevada say one of the publics biggest concerns should be the tiny particles that will come out of the plants smokestacks — Las Vegas Sun
March 07, 2008 — ECONOMIC DIP: City [Las Vegas] to cut 31 positions in April — Slowdown in construction industry cited — LRJ.com
March 05, 2008 — Average snowpack season expected — RGJ.com
March 05, 2008 — Officials at federal agency say they will not proceed with Divine Strake — LRJ.com
March 04, 2008 — Bistate panel finalizing Tahoe fire report —RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A bistate panel is finalizing recommendations to reduce the threat of wildfires at Lake Tahoe like the one that destroyed 254 homes last summer — AP
March 04, 2008 — DIVINE STRAKE: Judge rejects downwinders' request —
Revival of bunker-buster bomb test a possibility — LRJ.com
March 03, 2008 —
Recycling pilot program takes off in Clark County
— Clark County and Republic Services have started a pilot program that will test new recycling options in select neighborhoods — Las Vegas Business Press
March 03, 2008 — Agriculture director in Shovel Brigade — LRJ.com
March 03, 2008 — Dixie officials change stance on power plant [Toquop] — Desert Morning News
March 03, 2008 — Boaters finding mussels big pain — Pest thrives in warm waters of Southwest — LRJ.com
March 02, 2008 —
Prison biomass plant choked by supply costs — An $8.3 million plant expected to provide power for two Carson City prisons has run only sporadically because it has not received all the wood it needs to fuel the system— Nevada Appeal ( Editorial - 03/06/07)
March 02, 2008 — [Editorial]
Conservation, 'small power' can make energy debate moot
— RGJ.com
March 02, 2008 — Lake Tahoe agency levies fines over illegally trimmed trees — AP
February 29, 2008 — Mound House sewer system project triggers controversy — Nevada Appeal
February 29, 2008 — [Las Vegas Sun Editorial]
Out of sight?:Shoving CO2 emissions underground is not the same as eliminating them — Las Vegas Sun
February 28, 2008 — Dixie residents denounce power project — ST. GEORGE More than 250 Dixie residents gathered Thursday to speak out against the proposed construction of a coal-fired power plant about 33 miles southwest of St. George in rural Lincoln County, Nev — Deseret Morning News (More Coverage)
February 28, 2008 — Official: Utilities will delay applying for Ely plant OK — Nevada's electric utilities are expected to delay their application for final approval of the giant, coal-fired Ely Energy Center for two years, a top regulatory official said Wednesday — LRJ.com
February 28, 2008 — Amargosa toad protection sought — Plan may scuttle BLM land sale LRJ.com
February 28, 2008 —
Mercury spill cleaned up
— Nevada Appeal
February 27, 2008 — Water utility joins climate change group — Eight agencies serve 36 million people — LRJ.com
February 27, 2008 —
Mercury spill strands CCHS students. . . .The highest level of contamination detected was in the boys' bathroom in the math building, but that reading was less than half the safe level established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Dante Pistone, spokesman for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, told the Associated Press. — Lahontan Valley News
February 27, 2008 — Nevada told to take Yucca Mountain money —
State official counters no such federal funding exists — LRJ.com
February 26, 2008— Sage grouse undergoes additional review —
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the greater sage-grouse will receive additional review to determine if the species warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) — Lahontan Valley News
February 26, 2008 — Toquop exec: Plant has small air impact — TheSpectrum.com
February 24, 2008 — With aid, more roofs could catch rays — Experts say industry needs to change its approach to alternative energy — Las Vegas Sun
February 23, 2008 —
Disaster assistance sought for Wells — AP
Februry 23, 2008 — Nuke industry seeks storage sites — Yucca uncertainty prompts campaign — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 23, 2008 — PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS: Revamped tax petition filed —
More than 58,000 signatures needed — Las Vegas Review Journal
Februry 23, 2008 —
Wells earthquake: the cleanup begins — Nevada Appeal
February 23, 2008 — Mystery odor in Silver Springs pits residents against wood treatment plant — Lahontan Valley News
February 22, 2008 — Nevada quake: 'It was like a bomb went off' — AP (More Coverage)
February 22, 2007 — Ely Energy Center [Video] MSNBC.com
February 22, 2007 — [Editorial] Coal-fired plant is no threat — published at TheSpectrum.com
February 21, 2008 —
[Governor] Gibbons takes another whack at pipeline plan — — Las Vegas Sun (Sun Editorial)
February 21, 2008 — Sun Editorial: EPA favored industry: Federal agency has stifled states efforts to impose strict mercury standards [Nevada was one of those states] — Las Vegas Sun
February 20, 2008 — LS Power offers WPC compensation for water elynews.com
February 20, 2008 — $4M in lands act money earmarked for Lake Tahoe wildfire prevention — An infusion of money from the sale of public lands in Southern Nevada will be used to step up efforts to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfire at Lake Tahoe, a coalition of fire officials and government agencies announced today — Tahoe Tribune
February 20, 2008 — ENERGY: Reid continues power push — Senator suggests setting aside land for renewable projects — LRG.com (More Coverage)
February 20, 2008 — Roads need new billions, but will Gibbons go along? — Carson City The state will be short $5 billion to $6 billion over the next 10 years to meet its highway construction and maintenance needs — Las Vegas Sun
February 20, 2008 — County [Washoe] faces $20 million budget cut RGJ.com
February 18, 2008 —
Coming to Lake Mead: MX well groundwater . . . Now these Cold War relics have become key components of the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plan to tap groundwater across the eastern part of the state — LRJ.com
February 18, 2008 —
Lack of money spells uncertainty for Yucca nuke dump, DOE says — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 18, 2008 — Group [Reno] wants water plans to go before voters —RGJ.com
February 17, 2008 — Meeting on coal-fired power plant set — Morning News
February 17, 2008 — Renewable power's rise has Nevada in place to capitalize — LRJ.com
February 17, 2008 —
Fight over guns stalls vote on lands bill
— LRJ.com
February 16, 2008 — Water pumping hearings end — Backers, opponents still fighting over plan — LRJ.com
February 16, 2008 — U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT: Test site profile revamped — Little-known Super Kukla delineated — LRJ.com
February 15, 2008 — Study shows federal laws not fully protecting state waters — Federal rules to protect Nevada waters have been substantially weakened in recent years, putting much of the water critical to an arid landscape at risk, according to a report released Thursday by a conservationist coalition — RGJ.com
February 15, 2008 — Washoe gets fire-fighting helicopter, wants another RGJ.com
February 14, 2008 — [Nevada] Ex-PUC official Seek alternatives to coal — Report suggests four other options for power — LRJ.com
February 14, 2008 — [Reno]
Test shows more recycle when items not separated
— RGJ.com
February 13, 2008 — Utahns will get to voice opinions on proposed Nevada power plant . . . Nevada has agreed to let the Beehive State stage a public hearing about the $1.3 billion, 750-megawatt Toquop power plant proposed near Mesquite — The Salt Lake Tribune (Related Story)
February 12, 2008 — Plan uses reclaimed water for drinking— Using reclaimed sewer water to irrigate residential lawns and injecting it into the ground for reuse as drinking water are ways to stretch water imported to north valley areas of Washoe County, according to a new Reno plan. — RGJ.com
February 12, 2008 — Nevada agriculture chief resigns after just 9 months — AP
February 12, 2008 — Study: Key Western reservoirs in danger — AP
February 12, 2008 — Study: 50-50 chance of dry Lake Mead in 2021 — MSNBC (Nevada Coverage — LRJ.com)
February 12, 2008 — [Editorial]
Rejecting a bad policy — Court sacks Bush administration rule that failed to curtail mercury pollution — Las Vegas Sun (Related Story)
February 12, 2008 — Vegas sees needed water, rural counties see fraud — Las Vegas Sun
February 12, 2008 — Federal official: Fire-prone landscapes must be treated
— RGJ.com
February 11, 2008 — Dump may become solar plant site —County wants to own Sunrise Landfill, which it now leases from BLM — Las Vegas Sun
February 11, 2008 — Mussels multiplying like mad — Infestation threatens to clog Hoover Dam pipes, cost millions to control Invasive quagga mussels are adapting well to life in the desert, especially in Lake Havasu, where scientists have determined their reproduction rate is three times that of quaggas that infested the Great Lakes region years ago — LRJ.com
February 11, 2008 —
Surprise! Greens praise a coal plant —  Once-notorious Reid Gardner is polluting a lot less than it used to . . . In the distance are the four smokestacks of the infamous Reid Gardner power plant, which has earned the scorn of environmentalists as one of the nations dirtiest coal-fired generators. But today the plant . . . Las Vegas Sun (Editorial - LRJ.com)
February 10, 2008 — Are EPA coal emission standards strict enough? — Hundreds of citizens from Nevada and Utah came to Mesquite City Hall to appeal to the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection and speak out against a proposed coal plant — see video - Las Vegas Sun 
February 08, 2008 — Energy project sparks oppostition at Nevada Hearing — Desert Morning News (More Coverage - LRJ.com)
February 08, 2008 — Senator Harry Reid continues to hammer away at what he says are terribly misguided energy policies of Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons — NewsCarsonCity.com
February 08, 2008 — Hearing draws protest — The Spectrum
February 08, 2008 — YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Legislator eyes recycling — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 07, 2008 — Senate leader questions Nevada agency's statements oncoal plant — AP
February 07, 2008 — We all need power, but in Mesquite, priority is clean air — Hundreds of people are expected to rally tonight at Mesquite City Hall in opposition to construction of a coal-fired power plant in nearby Lincoln County, in the latest showdown over Nevadas energy future — Las Vegas Sun
February 07, 2008 — Written comments allowed for Toquop protest — ST. GEORGE For those who do not want to make the trip to Mesquite for the public hearing on the Toquop coal-fired power plant, written comments carry the same weight as comments submitted in person, said Dante Pistone — The Spectrum
February 07, 2008 —
Americans for Balanced Energy Choices Statement Regarding Nevada Air Permit Hearing for the Toquop Energy Project — PR Newswire
February 07, 2008 — Plan to siphon water for Vegas OKd, with eye out for refuge
— Cy Ryan - Las Vegas Sun
February 07, 2008 —
Land transfer bill pending in Senate — Henderson would get 502 acres near airport — LRJ.com
February 06, 2008 — Snow news good news for Colorado River area — Forecast calls for 120 percent of normal inflow — A snowy January on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains has water managers crossing their fingers for something they haven't seen for a while: a truly wet year on the Colorado River — Las Vegas Review Journal
February 06, 2008 — [Editorial]
Regional water panel charter long overdue
— RGJ.com
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