A train of up-and-coming Democratic stars stopped by the Nevada delegation’s breakfasts in Chicago this week to address the Silver State delegates whose influence will be paramount come the next competitive Democratic presidential primary.

The lithium mining operations stand to destroy Ash Meadows as we — and all of its inhabitants — know it. This warning has been elevated by a diverse bloc of conservationist organizations and Indigenous representatives.

Bahsahwahbee lives as a landscape of celebration, spirituality and suffering. While we hold and carry this history close to our hearts, we believe that now is the time to share our story beyond our communities.

The Not Invisible Act Commission, which included former Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe leader Janet Davis, began holding hearings in February and, on Nov. 1, released a 212-page report with urgent recommendations for Congress and the executive branch to address the violence, abuse and neglect that commissioners said Indian Country has suffered.

The rugged, glacier-carved Ruby Mountains and their streams serve as a stronghold of native cutthroat trout and other wildlife, while providing an abundance of world-class public land opportunities for outdoor recreation.

Congress is back in session and the debt limit is all the rage as House Republicans introduced a bill that would raise the debt ceiling for one year in exchange for a host of cuts and rollbacks. Meanwhile, the FEC filing deadline was over the weekend, creating an opening data point in the long march toward the 2024 election.

The U.S. Department of the Interior proposed a new rule last week that would give conservation priorities equal weight in public land use decision-making — a change experts say constitutes one of the most significant land management policy moves in decades.

Come one, come all: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Tulsi Gabbard and Barack Obama are among the political figures who have visited Nevada in recent weeks to stump for their respective parties’ candidates.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at some of the efforts to collect data on illness and fatalities related to extreme heat and a recent geothermal lease auction.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at the U.S. Department of Interior’s boarding school legacy through the lens of a recent art exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art.

This week’s Indy Environment looks at the effects of extreme heat in the workplace and efforts by regulators to protect workers heading into the summer months.

In this week’s edition of Indy Environment, we talk to an author who recently looked at the history of public lands policy in the West and what it might mean for the future.

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.

A company wants to build a mine that could bolster the domestic supply of lithium and help address climate change. But the rural communities that encircle the area have major concerns about the project and are at the center of an energy transition from climate-warming fuels, coal mining and combustible engines to solar energy, lithium mining and electric vehicles.

This week’s edition of the Indy Environment newsletter features an interview with Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who visited Las Vegas last week as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to hasten the transition to more renewable energy and to sell the American Jobs Act. Granholm discussed Nevada’s position in the energy transition.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at a legislative effort to protect a unique population of Rocky Mountain juniper trees in an area known as Bahsahwahbee, or “the sacred water valley” in Shoshone. For Indigenous communities, the area means everything.

This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at Biden’s strategy for public lands. On Wednesday, President Biden signed an executive order focusing efforts around conserving public land, increasing renewable development and creating jobs in an economic transition.

Congress rejected two controversial military proposals to expand training ranges onto hundreds of thousands of acres of public land across Nevada, including the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. This week’s Indy Environment newsletter looks at the decision, what it means for public lands and whether the proposals could reemerge next year.