House passes climate bill in a rebuke to Trump
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House on Thursday approved legislation that would force the administration to remain in the Paris climate accord, despite President Trump’s...
“We don’t even produce nuclear energy” – Nevada senators fight Yucca at hearing
Nevada senators Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen testified against the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 during a hearing before the United...
Al Gore’s inconvenient truth: Summer is coming
The next time Donald Trump is tempted to bemoan climate change as a hoax, the president need look no further than the “caravans” of...
DOE to remove plutonium by 2026; Cortez Masto thanks Perry, lifts holds on nominees
Tuesday, U.S Senator Catherine Cortez Masto announced she would lift her hold on all Department of Energy nominees after reaching an agreement to remove...
Sisolak reiterates state’s opposition as Senate panel takes up Yucca
On the eve of a U.S. Senate hearing on draft legislation to designate Yucca Mountain as the nation’s nuclear waste repository, Gov. Steve Sisolak...
How climate change is hitting communities of color the hardest
Researchers have long noted disparities in pollution impacts: climate change hits people of color the hardest.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto met with Chispa Nevada and...
Las Vegas is getting hotter faster than any other city in country
Las Vegas is the fastest-warming city in the country, according to the research group Climate Central.
According to the new report, released Monday on Earth...
Now do mining
If gold mines were coal mines, new Nevada clean energy standards would not have been signed into law Monday.
Nevada has been blessed (or cursed,...
Inslee says climate change is “job one,” calls for “consensus” on nuclear waste
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee toured the Copper Mountain Solar 3 Facility just outside Boulder City on Monday in his bid for the Democratic nomination...
Mining lands Nevada on top of national toxic material report
Nevada ranked first nationally in the release of toxic chemicals per square mile in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available,...