Phoebe Sweet

Reporter/ Utilities and Environment

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Second thoughts on coal plants are contagious, it seems: Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009; The announcement may have proved the environmental version of the domino theory — when one coal plant falls, the next isn’t far behind.
Cleaner cars, whether we want ’em or not: If EPA lets states set own rules, the tightest will prevail; Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009; What California wants, California gets. And the rest of us get it, too, even after Nevada has tried at every turn to defy lefty, California environmental initiatives.
Report: U.S. policy shift could aid UNLV: Monday, Feb. 9, 2009; The news has been mostly bad for Nevada’s higher education system in recent months.
Michael Allman, CEO of Sempra Generation: Monday, Feb. 2, 2009; Sempra Generation opened North America’s largest thin-film solar photovoltaic plant in Boulder City. The Sun talks to the company's chief executive about the cutting-edge technology.
Winds of change blow back: Residents of Searchlight, unlike Boulder City counterparts, staunchly oppose wind farm in community; Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009; When Duke Energy went to Boulder City to pitch a wind farm outside Searchlight, the company was greeted with a virtual love-in.
EPA allegations spark call for checks on state’s mines: Environmental groups cite worry about mercury contamination; Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009; Environmental groups say the EPA’s allegations are particularly troubling because the Nevada Environmental Protection Division has been inspecting the mines for years without finding any major violations. Bonnie Gestring of the environmental group Earthworks, says the EPA’s allegations are particularly troubling because the Nevada Environmental Protection Division has been inspecting the mines for years without finding any major violations.
Bryan: Dump plan demise is not a lock: He warns against gutting the state agency fighting the nuclear repository; Friday, Jan. 23, 2009; By all accounts, the plan to put a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain is all but dead. The new president has said it is not safe to bury radioactive material 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has chipped away its funding for years, has vowed to zero out its budget this year.
Critics: Power line routes favor coal: And, they say, feds failed to adequately account for effects on wildlife; Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009; Federal officials failed to resolve year-old concerns about effects on wildlife and renewable energy development before designating routes for new power lines and pipelines in Nevada, environmentalists say.
Fake grass has a drawback: It gets too hot, study says: Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009; Artificial turf has been billed as the cure for the Las Vegas Valley’s addiction to grassy eye candy. But while it’s water-saving prowess is unquestionable, there is a temperature problem with the emerald green lawn substitute.
Green mantle sought in Nevada has other suitors: Competition has grown along with support; Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009; Since the current recession began, local environmental groups have been saying that increasing renewable energy production in Nevada would mean new jobs.