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Tiehm's buckwheat's habitat overlaps with a proposed mining project near Tonopah, Nevada.

U.S. agency review says Nevada lithium mine can co-exist with endangered flower

The review is likely to face challenges from environmentalists who say will cause the desert flower to go extinct at the only place it exists in the world.

Lake Tahoe gets the lead out

Eight miles of defunct, lead-sheathed telecommunication cables will be removed from the bottom of Lake Tahoe by the end of this year.

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Indy Environment: Tahoe’s greatest challenges? Managing transportation and tourism

Julie Regan, executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Tahoe Fund CEO Amy Berry and Travel North Tahoe Nevada President and CEO Andy Chapman sat down with The Nevada Independent editor and CEO Jon Ralston at an IndyTalks event to discuss all things Lake Tahoe — water clarity, affordable housing, wildfire escape plans, development and traffic.

The Inflation Reduction Act may transform Nevada. Will voters care?

In interviews, more than a dozen industry players, lawmakers and environmental advocates touted the law’s transformational potential and existing impact in Nevada. But the bureaucratic and corporate timelines of the IRA’s funding provisions move much slower than the election cycle. 

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