- For Warren Buffett, a house divided on climate change
- Friday, Dec. 4, 2015
- Buffett’s past and future commitments to renewables — a more than $30 billion investment — equate to roughly 22 percent of his net worth. But that is not enough for some activists. Actions, they say, speak louder than words ...
- Casinos have few options after PUC exit decision
- Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015
- At face value, the state’s largest casinos won a huge victory when the Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday allowed them to exit their contracts with NV Energy, the state’s largest power provider. But for Wynn Las Vegas, MGM Resorts International and Las Vegas Sands, the decision is a mandate to stay put. "We are disappointed that the PUC has failed to implement (the law) as intended by the Legislature and are reviewing our options,” Michael Weaver, Wynn spokesman, said after ...
- Solar advocates drop off 31k petitions at PUC
- Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015
- With less than a month remaining before the Public Utilities Commission decides the fate of rooftop solar in Nevada, renewable energy advocates continue to hammer their message in front of state regulators ...
- NV Energy seeks to buy more solar power for its big customers
- Monday, Nov. 30, 2015
- NV Energy, which serves more than 1 million customers throughout Nevada, filed an application on Monday with the Public Utilities Commission to buy power from ...
- SolarCity opens training facility in Las Vegas
- Monday, Nov. 30, 2015
- For rooftop solar panel installers, walking on shingles or Spanish tile on sloped roofs is second nature, but it’s not an innate skill. That’s why SolarCity will acclimate ...
- Sanders draws praise for immigration plan
- Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
- As immigration remains a front-and-center issue in the presidential election, supporters of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders are cheering his immigration plan as ...
- City of Las Vegas plans to go to 100 percent renewable energy
- Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015
- As the sun beat down on a small array of solar panels in front of City Hall today, Mayor Carolyn Goodman announced Las Vegas would be the first city of its size to be powered by 100 percent renewable energy. The city will expand its partnership with ...
- Environmental group says regulators stalling on public records request
- Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
- As the Public Utilities Commission weighs rooftop solar policies in Nevada, a clean energy watchdog group said the PUC was withholding documents ...
- Disappearing Wheeler Peak Glacier is a barometer for climate change
- Monday, Nov. 23, 2015
- Wheeler Peak Glacier lies above a high-desert grove of bristlecone pines on top of a moraine of granite boulders in Nevada’s Great Basin National Park. More than 10,000 years ago ...
- SolarCity cutting ties with rooftop solar advocacy group
- Friday, Nov. 20, 2015
- The Alliance for Solar Choice, an advocacy group representing rooftop solar companies, is losing one of its anchor members: SolarCity. SolarCity will leave the alliance in December, after ...
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