- Sierra Club hosting 10 green parties in Nevada
- Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- As part of Sierra Club's national Light Bulbs to Leadership campaign, the environmental group will host more than 200 house parties throughout the nation Thursday.
- Snake Valley water hearings won't happen until late next year
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- Opponents of Southern Nevada Water Authority’s plans to pump water from Snake Valley in Eastern Nevada to fast-growing Las Vegas will have more than a year to build a case against the pipeline.
- Water hearings delayed a year
- Tuesday, July 15, 2008
- Hearings over whether the Southern Nevada Water Authority will be allowed to pump water from Snake Valley, on the Utah border, will not be held until fall of 2009.
- BLM lifts solar moratorium 21 months early
- Wednesday, July 2, 2008
- The Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will end a one-month-old moratorium on new solar applications on land it stewards in six southwest states, including Nevada.
- National clean energy summit coming to UNLV
- Tuesday, July 1, 2008
- Sen. Harry Reid today announced a National Clean Energy Summit to be held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Aug. 19.
- New mining claims banned in region around Grand Canyon National Park
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- A House committee today invoked rarely-used powers to ban new mining claims on about a million acres adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park.
- Green jobs town hall meeting Tuesday
- Monday, June 23, 2008
A so-called "green" economy could create more than 19,000 manufacturing jobs in the Las Vegas Valley, according to business leaders, a steelworkers and environmental groups that are hosting a town hall meeting here Tuesday.
- Builders pay up for alleged water violations
- Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Four of the nation's largest residential builders have agreed to pay $4.3 million - including $182,000 to the state of Nevada - in a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act.
- Poll indicates support for protection of Gold Butte
- Thursday, June 5, 2008
- Two-thirds of Clark County voters support protecting additional public lands in Nevada, according to a recent poll by Public Opinion Strategies.
- Nevada to be part of solar study
- Friday, May 30, 2008
- The Bureau of Land Management announced Thursday that it will study the environmental impacts of solar energy development in six Western states, including Nevada.
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