Following a county-wide moratorium on any new data center applications, the Nye County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to completely ban data centers in one of the most over-appropriated water basins in Nevada. After hours of public comment, the Nye County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to ban the construction and operation of data centers […]
The rapid urbanization of the past century has made the car-centric North American city the norm. However, rising greenhouse gas emissions and fuel prices are pushing researchers and planners to look for innovative urban planning alternatives.
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada denied an application for a PUCN-led consumer session last week, an unprecedented move advocates say follows a pattern of cutting public input in recent months. Advocates say the denial is another example of utility regulators thwarting public comment on contentious utility issues. In June, the PUCN delayed and rescheduled […]
Nevada’s top Colorado River negotiator said lower-basin states are still pressing for adjustments and attempting to forge consensus-based alternatives before federally mandated water cuts are finalized. Last month, the Bureau of Reclamation released its long-awaited 10-year plan to manage worsening water shortages along the Colorado River, including deep cuts to Nevada’s allocation of the drought-stricken […]
Our public lands are not just wasted acres, they are economic and ecological powerhouses. While some argue that these lands would be better utilized by private owners, and look to sell off public lands for the potential payoff and tax revenue, they miss seeing the boon these lands are to Nevada as public resources. Rural […]
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has declared a state of emergency Monday in several areas across Washoe County and the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony as the Bug and Fred Mountain Fires continue to grow. As of Monday evening, the fires have burned more than 16,000 acres, threatening thousands of homes in areas of Washoe County and the […]
If you build a house in the United States today, there’s a good chance you’ll be living under the dictates of a neighborhood homeowners association – roughly two out of every three new homes are in an HOA, as are a third of existing homes. Some of these HOAs have evolved to encourage environmentally friendly […]
The federal government has released its long-awaited 10-year plan to manage worsening water shortages along the Colorado River, including deep cuts to Nevada’s allocation of the drought-stricken river. Following months of negotiations — and years of states failing to reach an agreement on their own — the Bureau of Reclamation on Friday published a final environmental […]
A helicopter horse roundup in central Nevada this month killed 11 horses. Conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, the Callaghan Complex roundup took place in Lander County from July 10 to27. The goal was to capture approximately 2,000 wild horses and transport them to long-term holding facilities, never to be released back into the […]
A South Carolina federal judge ordered the Trump administration to fund hundreds of environmental justice grants it illegally canceled last year, a decision that could impact $20 million in federal funding rescinded from the Walker River Paiute Tribe in Nevada. Last month, a federal court found that the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to terminate the […]
