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More than $130M was allocated for EV charger buildout in Nevada. Few were built.
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (1428+ words) Scott Allison, a Las Vegas resident who drives an electric Kia, can travel about 280 miles before he needs to charge. He and his husband have flown to the Reno-Tahoe area to visit, but they're hesitant to drive all the way…...
Nevada’s carbon emission reduction efforts are plateauing. Now EPA says they don’t matter
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (945+ words) (Reporter's note: I owe Northern Nevada readers an apology. After my last newsletter, which I admit was a bit doom and gloom about the snow drought, we've experienced a winter's worth of storms in several days! As one of my…...
OPINION: Cheap renewable energy is useless if we can’t transmit it
2+ week, 4+ day ago (306+ words) Lowering the cost of living goes hand in hand with ensuring we build the most cost-effective energy sources. Demand for electricity is growing rapidly in Nevada because of our rising population, increased manufacturing, expanding data centers and electrification of buildings…...
Nevada nowhere near meeting 2030 greenhouse gas emission goal
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1336+ words) Nevada fell well short of its greenhouse gas emission-cutting goals in 2025, and it's poised to be much further behind when the bar raises again in 2030." According to the Nevada Department of Environmental Protection (NDEP), the state's carbon emissions are projected…...
Egg shortages and Christmas trees: Looking back at Nevada's top 2025 environmental stories
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (926+ words) Merry Christmas and a happy new year loyal Indy readers! Remember the challenge of finding eggs during the bird flu outbreak, or when federal lawmakers were considering selling hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada? It feels…...
What’s next for NV Energy’s Greenlink after feds reject initial environmental analysis?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (741+ words) In a rare move that could delay progress on NV Energy's large-scale transmission line planned for the Highway 50 corridor, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has ordered its Nevada office to address some environmental groups' protests against the project....
How rare is the U.S. government's new stake in a major Nevada lithium company?
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (1141+ words) The suddenly fraught future of the Thacker Pass lithium mine cleared an unexpected hurdle on Tuesday, after the Trump administration agreed to release the first part of a loan critical to the Nevada project's development in exchange for the U.S. government…...
One of the first to benefit from Trump’s cuts to environmental review: a Nevada gold mine
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (1173+ words) A proposed gold and silver mine in northern Nevada is slated to be the first open-pit mine to go through accelerated permitting from the Bureau of Land Management, which provides far less opportunity for the public to engage with the…...
Diving headfirst into a pilot study looking at the effects of heat and wildfire smoke
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (825+ words) When I received an email earlier this summer from the Desert Research Institute (DRI) seeking volunteers for a pilot research project studying the effects of heat and wildfire smoke on Washoe County residents, I immediately emailed back. I wasn't sure…...
Heat is becoming a pocketbook and health issue in Latino communities in Nevada
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1240+ words) It's hot in Nevada. There's no denying it. All communities are feeling it." But one community that is really facing the economic brunt of Nevada heat is the Latino community in Southern Nevada. EcoMadres " a subdivision of Moms Clean Air…...