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Global warming will strike us first

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007

Global warming will strike us first

Magnetic sling would zing packets into space

Monday, Jan. 22, 2007

Southern Nevada has been on the frontier of a lot of things for a long time: gambling, prostitution, cheap thrills. Even nuclear testing and weapons development.

Mussels now contained but need monitoring

Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007

As water-supply and sewage-treatment agencies tackle an infestation of fast-growing freshwater mussels at Lake Mead, not all the news is bad.

Shiver now, for this summer comes the sizzle

Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007

The more sensitive among you might have noticed something about the weather.

Lake Mead mussels identified as quagga, not zebra

Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007

A newly discovered freshwater mussel at Lake Mead has been identified as the quagga mussel - not the zebra mussel, as first suspected - and that is just half of a double dose of bad news.

Zebra mussel's arrival threatens Lake Mead's ecosystem

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007

Zebra mussel's arrival threatens Lake Mead's ecosystem

Critics urge more Divine Strake study

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007

Two federal agencies planning to detonate 700 tons of explosives at the Nevada Test Site rolled out their proposal for the public this week, but the effort has failed to calm critics who are asking for more debate over the test.

The ultimate 'what if'

Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007

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Lee Canyon, Deer Creek residents seek voice

Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007

Developers have looked at the alpine environment of Lee Canyon as a great place for commercial development, much to the horror of the few hundred residents of the tree-lined side of Mount Charleston. Now those residents will get a formal voice in Clark County land-use decisions affecting the mountain.

Overhaul of management of federal land criticized

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007

Conservationists and lawmakers are concerned that a federal plan to overhaul how the government manages its premier wild West real estate could spell trouble for the 27 million-acre system that includes the Red Rock National Conservation Area.

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