This week’s Indy Environment looks at proposed legislation aimed at everything from addressing the overuse of water to requiring the state to study environmental justice issues.

President Joe Biden used his executive authority on Tuesday to establish the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument, which encompasses roughly 500,000 acres.

The legislation, which had its first hearing in the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources on March 13, received support from a wide range of environmental groups. A group of 145 local, national and international scientists also submitted a letter supporting the proposed legislation. 

Biden plans to sign a proclamation designating the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument. It will become the fourth recent national monument established in Nevada.

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada approved a new natural gas plant to meet peak energy demands. Google and clean energy groups said the plan needed more vetting.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at the state’s efforts to digitize more than a century of water records, making their archive more accessible to researchers and the public.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at NV Energy’s plan to build two natural gas turbines, a proposal that is pending before state utility regulators.

New legal filings challenge permits for the Thacker Pass lithium mine and seek to halt construction, which could begin in the coming days.

Dozens of companies have staked claims to mine lithium in Nevada. What this new demand means — how it plays out and where mines are permitted — remain big questions.

Climate action is a significant concern for younger Nevadans — 50 percent of people ages 18 to 34 think the state isn’t doing enough on the issue. By comparison, just 34 percent of people 65 and older think the state isn’t doing enough.

With lawmakers convening for the 82nd legislative session, this week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at how legislators are weighing one of the state’s most pressing issues: water.

A federal investigation into a fatality at Nevada Gold Mines faulted the company for not following its safety protocols to protect open areas and outlined four enforcement actions.

U.S. District Court Judge Miranda M. Du largely upheld the federal government’s permit for the Thacker Pass lithium mine, a focal point in efforts to increase lithium production.

Ahead of a federal deadline, six of seven Colorado River states released a framework for cuts. But the states failed to gain the support of California, the state using the most water.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at improving drought conditions after large storms brought considerable precipitation to much of Nevada and the Colorado River Basin.

This week’s edition of Indy Environment looks at Nevada’s proposed consensus plan for the Colorado River — and comments from other states that rely on the river.

At an elevation of almost 9,000 feet, Mt. Rose corridor is the highest mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada that is open year round. As the winding, two-lane road connecting Reno and Lake Tahoe is pummeled by a series of snow storms fueled by an atmospheric river, it’s Chris Howland’s job to keep the road open.

For decades, fences posed risks to pronghorn antelope in a part of Nevada some call the “American Serengeti.” With hundreds of miles of fence removed, that is starting to change.

A Nevada rancher, environmental groups and two tribes challenging a federal permit for the Thacker Pass mine presented oral arguments in a Reno federal District Court this week.

With more storms on the way, about 71,000 Nevada residents are recovering from power outages over New Year’s weekend caused by wet and heavy snow in Reno, Sparks and Carson City.