This week's Indy Environment looks at what's next in the lawsuit seeking to bring more water to Walker Lake after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled on the public trust doctrine.
Experts hired by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) expressed concerns in July that a state-approved report downplayed the groundwater pollution caused by the former Anaconda Copper Mine near Yerington, according to comments obtained by The Nevada Independent.
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state cannot reshuffle existing water rights to prevent environmental damage, despite recognizing a legal principle that requires the government to preserve natural resources for future generations.
This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at the investigation into the destruction of more than 17,000 Tiehm's buckwheat plants, a rare species that is being considered for state and federal protection.
Members of the Interim Legislative Committee on Energy voted Wednesday to move forward with a potential constitutional amendment broadening existing, narrow provisions on fuel taxes to instead allow for those tax dollars to fund the broader category of “transportation infrastructure.”
A housing developer and a powerful water utility, locked into past contracts, are caught in a fight, playing out in hydrologic reports and hearing rooms, over what might seem a simple question: How much water is there?
This week's Indy Environment looks at a record-breaking August and climate change. It also breaks down a letter six Colorado River states wrote to the Department of Interior over Utah's Lake Powell Pipeline.
Nevada officials raised numerous concerns Tuesday about permitting a proposed project to pipe large quantities of Colorado River water roughly 140 miles from Lake Powell to southern Utah, a controversial plan that would place new demands on the river.
This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at the opportunities and headwinds facing the geothermal industry in Nevada as Western states and large energy customers continue pushing for more renewable energy.
A developer is suing Nevada’s Division of Water Resources after the state again denied plans to construct new homes at Coyote Springs, the latest setback in a decades-long effort to build a sprawling master-planned community about 50 miles north of Las Vegas.
Nevada and California state leaders expressed concerns that the increase in visitor traffic, while economically stimulating, threatens to overwhelm the local community’s infrastructure and ability to mitigate trash and pollution in the environmentally sensitive region.
This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at the wildfires and heatwaves in the context of climate change. The newsletter also includes reporting on a Colorado River forecast and high energy demand across the West.
The Storey County Commission voted Tuesday to permit a medical waste incinerator at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center near Reno, despite the plant operator’s history of regulatory compliance issues across the West and concerns raised by businesses in the area.
After declining to recognize a union that represented a portion of its employees for more than 50 years, Nevada Gold Mines is reversing course as part of an agreement to settle a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, representatives for the union announced on Monday.
The expedited environmental review comes as federal managers with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), charged with permitting mines, work to shore up critical minerals that the administration believes to be essential to national security and the economy. Many U.S. products currently use imported minerals, making the U.S. often dependent on its adversaries.
This week's edition of the Indy Environment newsletter looks at legislation in Congress that would fund a regional assessment of saline ecosystems in the Great Basin.
The state’s largest gold mining company asked federal land managers to temporarily suspend permitting to expand the Long Canyon Mine, a proposal that the Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation and environmental groups said would dry up wetlands and endanger wildlife habitat.
A medical waste disposal company with a record of environmental compliance issues is facing pushback over a proposal to build an incinerator at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center outside of Reno.
