Sen. Harry Reid said archivists told him that more than half of his papers had something to do with the environment: water, public lands, energy, climate change. We looked at that legacy in this week’s Indy Environment.

Reps. Susie Lee and Dina Titus are joining conservationists and Indigenous leaders in urging the Biden administration to designate more than 380,000 acres spanning three states a national monument. 

The report projects that Nevada is in line to fall about 5.5 percent short of its 2025 emission reduction goal, and 21.1 percent short of the 2030 goal. 

In 2019, two mining giants joined forces, with huge consequences for a Northern Nevada community and economy.

Demand for lithium and other critical minerals is increasing as global economies move toward electric vehicles. Companies and government officials see Nevada playing a key role

Colorado River water managers are watching the effects of aridification and dramatic drops in reservoirs. In Las Vegas this week, they met to discuss what’s next.

Colorado River managers from seven Western states and two countries gathered in Las Vegas for a meeting to discuss shortage conditions. This week’s Indy Environment has more.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at the state’s early efforts to update a water plan that was last approved in 1999.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at the details of a new plan to store more Colorado River water in Lake Mead.

John Entsminger, the general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, talks about Colorado River negotiations and planning for a drier future.

On Monday, President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. What does that mean for funding water projects in Nevada and across the West?

Southwest Gas, based in Nevada, is planning its future as it faces pressure from climate groups to decarbonize and from investors over its management decisions.

In this week’s Indy Environment newsletter, we talked to a scientist with the Desert Research Institute about what goes into writing the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The approved regulation, also known as Clean Cars Nevada, implements California’s Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) standards for tailpipe emissions. The regulation also adopted California’s Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at the Glasgow climate conference, what’s at stake and how those involved in Nevada climate policy are watching the talks.

A new online platform, developed in part by Nevada researchers, aims to address a major data gap in Western water management. Daniel Rothberg writes more about the recently launched platform in his weekly environmental newsletter.

Harris said the passage of the bills could help change the current trajectory and pointed to the lake's water level, which is as low as it has ever been

In an Executive Branch Audit Committee meeting in June, then-Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall said she believed the current rate of pay, $24 per day of work, was “a form of enslavement.”

Two weeks after thousands of South Lake Tahoe residents fled their homes, the flames of the Caldor Fire threatening to consume the tourist destination, Stephanie is relieved to be back in her house again.

South Lake Tahoe’s casino market is slowly getting back to business after the Caldor Fire forced a week-long shutdown of gaming and tourism operations.