If Democrats lose both the White House and the Senate, it could allow Republicans to reverse the climate wins of the Biden administration.

As a lawsuit over a Red Rock housing project makes its way through federal court, the case filings read as a who's who of Las Vegas politics. They shed light on the transactional nature of the Clark County Commission and how one of the state's most powerful local governments decides land-use questions.

Nevada is facing its worst drought in two decades. The dry conditions are important for the forecasts facing fire managers as they start planning for the warm summer months. This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at a recent media briefing on Great Basin fire risks.

Although Democratic lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a 2050 net-zero emissions goal two years ago, the two pieces of natural legislation — and the debates around them — show that tensions remain in the party (which controls both the legislative and executive branches) over how to best move forward on facilitating a transition toward decarbonization.

Environmentalists and electronic repair shops on Monday hailed a bill making it easier for consumers to repair their electronic devices as a way to reduce toxic waste. But technology firms criticized the legislation for potential cybersecurity risks and unintended consequences.

With the legislative session almost halfway over, this week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at several bills, including proposals to transition away from natural gas, change mining oversight and create new programs for how water is managed across the state.

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.

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen introduced legislation Tuesday that would require the federal government to increase fees for companies extracting oil and gas on public land.

This week's Indy Environment newsletter looks at a long-awaited congressional bill that would change the way federal public land is managed in Clark County, creating a path to expand the Las Vegas metro area toward California while setting aside land for conservation.

Welcome to the second edition of Behind the Bar, which digs into why lobbyists aren't having to register so far this session, the return of Joyce Woodhouse, a push for environmental justice and COVID vaccine for Department of Corrections staff and inmates. We're also sharing remembrances of former Assembly Sergeant at Arms Robin Bates, who passed away from COVID-19 complications this week.

President Biden set the pace for his administration with executive orders that include cutting the funding for the construction of the border wall with Mexico and re-enlisting the U.S. in the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization, garnering praise from Nevada Democrats and progressives.

Ten candidates are entering the final weeks of their campaigns for the Clark County Commission, campaigns begun months before COVID-19 was on their radar. Democrats are dramatically outpacing their challengers in funding for three of these spots while a fourth is host to a high-dollar contest between two high profile politicians.

Democratic lawmakers trumpeted that the legislation would bring equity to a tax structure in a state that has long favored mining, while Republicans lamented the breakneck speed at which the bill progressed and worried about the unintended consequences the legislation might have on the industry.

Former professional wrestler "Big Dan" Rodimer and former Assemblyman Jim Marchant were leading in two closely watched and hotly contested Republican congressional primaries as of Wednesday morning, though the fate of neither race is sealed with results from the mostly-mail election scheduled to trickle in over the next week and a half.

With casinos closed and Clark County facing a devastating drop in revenue driven by the pandemic, high-dollar contests are underway as candidates fight for a seat on the board widely considered the most powerful local government in the state.

Of the 42 seats in the state Assembly, almost a quarter will be decided in the primary election. Four races will actually be decided in the primary — including three incumbent Republicans fending off challengers — because no other candidates filed to run in those districts. Another five races will effectively be decided in the primary, given vast disparity in voter registration totals making it all but impossible for the opposing party to gain a foothold.

As Democratic Nevada caucus-goers weigh which candidate to support in the final days before declaring their preferences on Saturday, polling suggests climate change is at the top of voters' minds. On Wednesday, at the final debate before the caucus, candidates all agreed climate change poses an existential threat. Where they diverged was over what they planned to do about it.

Only about 27 percent of Democrats showed up to caucus in Nevada in 2008 and even fewer showed up in 2016. As Democrats prepare to hold what they say will be the most transparent, expansive and accessible caucus ever, newly obtained data shed light on who, historically, the state's caucusgoers have been.