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Photo by Leila Navidi / Las Vegas Sun

MEET THE PARTICIPANTS The Sun invited four energy experts -- pictured above from left to right -- to discuss a plan to build three coal-fired power plants in Nevada: Coal power lobbyist Joe Lucas, executive director of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, formerly Americans for Balanced Energy Choices; Lydia Ball, local representative of the Sierra Club and Nevada Clean Energy Campaign, a coalition of environmental groups; Roberto Denis, vice president of energy supply for Sierra Pacific Resources, parent company of Nevada Power Co. and the company proposing a coal plant near Ely; Tim Hay, former Public Utilities Commission member and former consumer advocate with the Nevada attorney general's office.

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A coal-fired discussion

Sun, May 4, 2008

By Phoebe Sweet

Proposals to build coal-fired power plants have brought the debate over global climate change home to Nevadans. Coal provides half the nation’s electricity, and a fifth of Nevada’s power, but ...

Voices of reason for health care crisis

Sun, Mar 16, 2008

By David McGrath Schwartz

In the midst of the largest hepatitis C scare in the nation’s history, many Nevadans have lost confidence in their health care providers. About 40,000 people have been told they ...

Lead us out of this mess

Sun, Jan 13, 2008

Las Vegas Sun

Four former Nevada governors came together last week at the Sun’s invitation to reflect on Nevada’s future and offer advice to the state’s citizens and elected officials. To a man, ...

Getting past the crises

Sun, Dec 16, 2007

The stresses facing the state are obvious to anyone who relies on public services. Public schools are chronically crowded and Nevada's universities struggle to achieve academic greatness. Highways are congested ...

Brass tacks: Looking for someone to tax

Sun, Oct 14, 2007

By David McGrath Schwartz

Teachers want to raise the gaming tax by 3 percentage points, triggering a fight that could change the way public services are funded.