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February 13, 2012

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Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
Monday, January 30, 2012
A burgeoning population of huge pythons — many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big — appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals in the Everglades, a study says.
Henderson to decide whether to expand recycling program
Henderson to decide whether to expand recycling program
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A new survey shows 92 percent of those in Henderson’s pilot recycling program are happy with weekly recycling pickup, while 84 percent are OK with weekly garbage pickup.
Photo: Discoloration around the banks of Lake Mead shows
Geologist: Snow runoff could be cause of quakes at Lake Mead
Thursday, January 5, 2012
All that Colorado snow runoff that poured into Lake Mead last spring and summer may have done more than raise the water level. It may have triggered the earth to quake beneath the lake. Lee Allison, Arizona state geologist and director of the state’s geological survey, said he began to notice the small quakes — ranging in magnitude from 1.5 to 2.2 — in late April.
Photo: North Las Vegas homeowner Rex Austin looks at his
Sloan Channel issue 'bugs' nearby homeowners
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Environment:
Water released into the Sloan Channel from the new wastewater treatment plant in North Las Vegas is making life a little more difficult for those who live near the concrete-lined channel. Fungus gnats and chronomid midges, both of which live near rotting vegetation and damp areas, are growing in numbers along the channel, where they had never been seen before.
Yucca, as merely a dump, is not viable
Friday, December 9, 2011
Letter to the editor:
Brian Greenspun’s column regarding Yucca Mountain inaccurately illustrates my position on the subject.
Killing Yucca Mountain would be a real gift
Sunday, December 4, 2011
WHERE I STAND:
This is the time we think about ending one more chapter while we prepare to start another.
Photo: People view the Hoover Dam at the new Mike O'Calla
State accuses feds of reneging on nuke promises
Saturday, December 3, 2011
CARSON CITY – The state is accusing the federal Department of Energy of reneging on its pledge not to ship low level and dangerous nuclear waste through the Las Vegas Valley.
Group delivers petition with 21,000 comments against water pipeline
Group delivers petition with 21,000 comments against water pipeline
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
A group says it has filed a petition with comments from 21,000 people opposed to the application of the Southern Nevada Water Authority to pump millions of gallons of water annually from rural counties to Las Vegas.
MGM Resorts honored for food recycling
MGM Resorts honored for food recycling
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
MGM Resorts International was recently honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for being a leader in food waste recycling.
Monstrous nuclear waste dump just won’t die
Sunday, November 13, 2011
WHERE I STAND:
Yucca Mountain and the politically undead.
Study finds Nevada's indigenous plants, animals under pressure
Study finds Nevada's indigenous plants, animals under pressure
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
About 15 percent of the plants and animals unique to Nevada are at risk due to climate and the growing population. More than 3,800 species of plants and animals live in Nevada and 173 of these are not found anywhere else in the world.
Sen. Harry Reid asks BLM to scuttle planned Sloan Hills mining project
Sen. Harry Reid asks BLM to scuttle planned Sloan Hills mining project
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Sen. Harry Reid is upping the pressure on the Bureau of Land Management to abandon its plans for Sloan Hills, a gravel pit developers have been eyeing for its stone deposits but area residents have been decrying as an environmental eyesore.
Single-stream recycling more popular than sorting, Republic Services says
Single-stream recycling more popular than sorting, Republic Services says
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Just 3 percent of Republic Services’ customers recycle their plastics, cans and paper, according to the trash hauler. But some Southern Nevadans — about 84,000 Republic customers — recycle at 10 times that rate. The difference? Whether they have to sort their recyclables.
Photo: MGM Resorts International's CityCenter project is
MGM Resorts makes list of America's most environmentally responsible companies
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Environment:
For the second year in a row, MGM Resorts International has been named one of Newsweek Magazine’s 500 most environmentally-responsible U.S. companies.
Photo: A swollen Flamingo Wash makes its way through the
The beautiful, bleak world of the Flamingo Arroyo Trail
Monday, October 17, 2011
We’re walking the Valley’s river, a combination sewer system and wildlife habitat that carries 150 million gallons of storm water and urban runoff through the wetlands and into Lake Mead every day.

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