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Popular sport fish could solve Lake Mead's clam infestation: Researchers hope mollusk-munching redear sunfish can solve pest problem in valley's main water source; Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009; Nature appears to have a brightly colored solution to the quagga mussel invasion at Lake Mead. The redear sunfish is waiting in the wings to be introduced as the potential savior of the Las Vegas Valley’s main water source. UNLV biologist David Wong, the region’s chief quagga fighter, has long suspected that fish appetite could be the best answer to the clam infestation.
Amargosa Valley solar plant to use less water: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009; A California-based solar developer has abandoned plans to use one of the most water-intensive technologies at a solar thermal power plant it has planned for Amargosa Valley, the company announced Monday.
Shawn Gerstenberger, Associate Dean of UNLV’s School of Community Health Sciences: Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009; Shawn Gerstenberger is the executive associate dean of UNLV’s School of Community Health Sciences, where he oversees a team of researchers and an army of college students trying to find ways to improve quality of life and to eliminate health disparities in Las Vegas.
Group seeks 'imperiled' status for Southern Nevada waterways: Monday, Nov. 16, 2009; The Center for Biological Diversity has petitioned the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to name the Las Vegas Wash, Las Vegas Bay and Lake Mead "imperiled waterways." The environmental group said it filed the petition in an attempt to limit the amount of toxins and potentially harmful chemicals released into the wash, and subsequently the lake, via area waste water treatment plants.
In Nevada, nuclear raises touchy issues: Plants’ voracious thirst, state’s Yucca stand complicate idea for Ely; Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009; Nevada’s long-standing common sense argument against Yucca Mountain has been that the state doesn’t even have a nuclear plant, so it would be patently wrong to force it to be the nuke dump site for the rest of the nation. That line might not be valid in the future, however. Ely is considering going nuclear.
One state's trash …: Promisingly for Nevada, planned show plant aims to turn waste from other places into energy; Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009; Californians are planning on dumping more of their garbage in Nevada, and federal law says Nevada can’t simply ban it, officials say. So Gov. Jim Gibbons and others are proposing that Californians pay for a state-of-the-art recycling and waste-to-energy plant that could turn that garbage into much-needed revenue.
The man dedicated to saving the lake from little invaders: Monday, Nov. 9, 2009; David Wong came to Las Vegas to try to save it from an alien invasion.
Wood: Not the renewable energy some had in mind: State requirement prompts experimental mixing with coal; Monday, Nov. 9, 2009; When people talk about renewable energy, many mean the latest in clean-energy technology, not a fuel that was pioneered by cavemen. But for NV Energy, what’s old is new again. At the Reid Gardner coal plant about 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas, the utility last month began mixing wood chips with the coal burned to produce electricity at the plant.
Quagga mussels a toxic threat to Lake Mead: Because of what they eat and excrete, quagga mussels could poison lake; Monday, Nov. 9, 2009; Anyone who doubts that the quagga mussels in Lake Mead are a critical issue should consider this warning from the experts: If the quaggas are not stopped, they could poison the lake. There are two reasons for this: poop and algae.
Companies vying to power Nevada's future: To realize renewable energy’s potential, Nevada needs transmission lines. Two utilities want to build them, but at what cost to customers?; Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009; NV Energy’s plan to build a transmission line to move electricity between the northern and southern parts of the state could unnecessarily stick ratepayers with a half-billion-dollar bill, the state’s consumer advocate warns.

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