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Carbon-zero program hopes to cut emissions: Friday, Sept. 30, 2005; With evidence growing that people are changing the Earth's climate, one conservation group is working to make a small correction to that trend.
Deal links Grand Canyon area lands: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005; A pair of conservation groups, one based in the Southwest and devoted to the Grand Canyon and the other a national land-trust group, said they have finalized a deal that would tie together some of the country's most spectacular federally protected areas.
Park Service looks at new plans as Mead level drops: Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005; Years of drought and falling water levels in Lake Mead are pushing the National Park Service to update its management plans for the lake.
Water panel makes final pitch: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005; An advisory group ended a 14-month odyssey Monday night with a series of recommendations that could help guide Las Vegas' water policy future.
Water agency chiefs call for research, communication: Monday, Sept. 26, 2005; Managers of Western water agencies and climate scientists capped a two-day conference in Las Vegas with a call for more research and better communication.
Hotter, drier years in store for LV, study says: Friday, Sept. 23, 2005; Las Vegas hit its highest average temperature in recorded history in the summer of 2005, but expect more of the same over the next, say, several hundred thousand years.
Extreme weather is likely on tap for West: Friday, Sept. 23, 2005; The climate globally is changing, mostly getting hotter, and the bad news for the West is that the "worst and first" impacts are already here, scientists reported Thursday at a Las Vegas conference.
Global warming may strengthen hurricanes: Friday, Sept. 23, 2005; Global climate change may not increase the number of hurricanes, but a growing body of evidence suggests that the strength of those storms may be growing because of the warming that scientists have tracked over the last 30 years, climate researchers said at a Las Vegas conference Thursday.
NRC advisory panel studies Yucca issues: Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005; The controversial e-mails that cast doubt on some Yucca Mountain research, plus ongoing tests to check that research, were among the issues discussed Tuesday at a meeting of an advisory committee of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
States meet over Colorado River: Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2005; The tough task of managing the Colorado River by committee continued with a Monday morning meeting of representatives from the seven states that use the river resource.
Rhodes sues to overturn law on density: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005; Developer Jim Rhodes sued Wednesday to overturn a state law that would ban high-density zoning in an privately held enclave surrounded on three sides by the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
State Route 159 users at impasse: Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005; A community meeting on safety issues for the road threading the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area demonstrated the sometimes diametrically opposed views of some of the most frequent users of the highway, while presenting few potential solutions that would make all users happy.
River panel rejects research funds request: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005; Concerned about the makeup of a panel of scientists set to study the Colorado River, the Nevada Colorado River Commission put off a request Tuesday to help pay for the work.
Land sold for oil, gas exploration: Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005; The federal Bureau of Land Management sold leases to more than 86,000 acres throughout Nevada for oil and gas exploration Tuesday.
Lincoln County OKs developer's water plan: Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005; The Lincoln County Commission last week approved an agreement that appears to allow a powerful Nevada developer to use a Las Vegas water agency's planned pipelines to move water about 130 miles to his new development.
Bikeway through Red Rock Canyon studied: Monday, Sept. 12, 2005; Local and state officials are asking whether building a dedicated bikeway on State Route 159 would make the highway through Red Rock Canyon safer for bicyclists.
Outdoor man: Friday, Sept. 9, 2005; Nearly 50 years ago a man stumbled into the Southern Nevada outdoors. Howard Booth has been exploring the region and nearby places ever since.
Safety on two dangerous highways targeted: Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005; Special meeting
Mulroy: Nevada will not wilt on water: Monday, Aug. 29, 2005; SAN DIEGO -- The chief of Southern Nevada's water agency capped a three-day conference on Friday with a warning: The Silver State will do whatever it takes to protect its water future.
Arizona prepares for legal fight over water: Friday, Aug. 26, 2005; SAN DIEGO -- Representatives of the seven states of the Colorado River basin met Thursday amid calls for cooperation and collaboration, but even as they did one of the key players was preparing for legal combat.
Officials say Southwest growth straining water supplies: Friday, Aug. 26, 2005; SAN DIEGO -- Explosive population growth in the desert Southwest is straining water supplies to their limits, officials said Thursday at a meeting of water agencies here.
Critics cite water waste at Lake Powell: Friday, Aug. 26, 2005; SAN DIEGO -- To some, Lake Powell saved the bacon for Las Vegas' 1.7 million thirsty residents through the last five years of drought. To others, the lake is an environmental monster that wastes more water than it saves.
West water conference opens with call for cooperation: Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005; SAN DIEGO -- A call for greater cooperation to meet the growing water needs in the West came from officials on the first of a three-day conference on urban water issues Wednesday.
White Pine: Water for new town not there: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005; The battle between the Southern Nevada Water Authority and residents of White Pine County opposed to the agency's plans for bringing water from the county to Las Vegas continued during a sometimes contentious meeting of an advisory committee Monday.
Water officials revise supply estimates for valley: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005; Southern Nevada Water Authority officials today presented new estimates of how fast water supplies will run out and how much needs to be done to meet the needs of the Las Vegas Valley's ever-growing local population.
White Pine representative: Water for new town not there: Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005; The battle between the Southern Nevada Water Authority and residents of White Pine County opposed to the agency's plans for bringing water from the county to Las Vegas continued during a sometimes contentious meeting of an advisory committee Monday.
Housing proposal near Pahrump sparks concerns over water supply: Monday, Aug. 22, 2005; In the dry, dusty valleys west of Clark County's Spring Mountains, developers are eyeing private plots of land that could one day be home to thousands of new houses.
Federal law slows down big projects in Nevada: Friday, Aug. 19, 2005; WEEKEND EDITION
Film details water crisis: Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005; The wrangling over water for Las Vegas and in the West generally is just one part of a global water crisis that, for many, has life and death consequences, a mixed crowd of policy makers, scientists and others heard Monday evening.
Hotel between LV, Pahrump to be proposed: Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005; A developer will try to overcome the objections of neighbors, an advisory committee and Clark County planners when he brings a proposal to build a hotel on the mountain highway between Las Vegas and Pahrump before the Clark County Commission on Wednesday.
New state BLM chief seeks balance: Monday, Aug. 15, 2005; The man pegged to be the new Nevada director for the Bureau of Land Management said last week that he recognizes the challenge in balancing the competing interests of industry, the environment and a rapidly growing urban population.
Researchers take to sky to study air pollution: Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005; Researchers are taking to the skies to study pollution above the Las Vegas Valley.
Group: Groundwater pumping puts desert wildlife refuge at risk: Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005; The Desert National Wildlife Refuge Complex is one of the six most threatened wildlife refuges in the country because of groundwater pumping to sustain Las Vegas, a national conservation group said today.
Oil firms hoping to tap Nevada: Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005; The confluence of $64-a-barrel oil, a discovery of huge amounts of oil in Utah and claims of untapped potential in the Silver State is getting Nevada pumped over petroleum.
Water authority hires firm to design intake: Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005; MWH, a Colorado-based global consulting firm, announced today that the Southern Nevada Water Authority has hired the company to work with other partners to design a new water supply intake in Lake Mead.
Mountain dwellers come out against resort: Monday, Aug. 8, 2005; Dozens of people went to Mount Charleston on Saturday for the annual Festival in the Pines at the Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort. This year, many of those attending also took a swing at a resort proposed for a few miles down the mountain.
Residents oppose Mt. Charleston resort: Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005; Lee Canyon residents have weathered a year of avalanches, loss of telephone service and the threat of forest fires. Now a Utah company is proposing what for canyon residents may be the worst of of all: a large resort development on the slopes of Mount Charleston.
Plan to pump ground water to LV delayed: Monday, Aug. 1, 2005; The Southern Nevada Water Authority's attempt to develop wells and build pipelines to bring ground water from rural Nevada to Las Vegas has been at least temporarily derailed, with one federal contractor predicting that the approval process will take years longer than originally estimated.
Rural Utah group to protest water plan: Monday, Aug. 1, 2005; A group in rural Utah is planning a "Water Express Run" across 223 miles of desert to protest the Southern Nevada Water Authority's plans to export groundwater from their region to Las Vegas.
Water shortage rules discussed: Wednesday, July 27, 2005; The federal agency charged with managing flows of the Colorado River -- and deliveries of water to communities that include Las Vegas -- opened what could be a contentious process to decide how those deliveries would be cut if the river resource continues to shrink.
Two-hour comment period on river set up: Monday, July 25, 2005; The federal government is providing two hours Tuesday for Southern Nevada residents to contribute their thoughts toward what ultimately would be a new policy governing shortages along the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of Southern Nevada's drinking water.
Agency says it will oppose development group lawsuit: Friday, July 22, 2005; The Southern Nevada Water Authority must oppose a lawsuit filed by a Mexican business development group and U.S. environmental groups that seeks to end water seepage from the All-American Canal in Southern California, the agency head said Thursday.
Water Authority OKs cost hikes: Friday, July 22, 2005; The Water Authority board voted 6-0 Thursday to approve a series of cost increases, largely to support capital needs, including a $650 million "third straw" intake at Lake Mead.
Water agency eyes office in Lincoln: Wednesday, July 20, 2005; The Southern Nevada Water Authority's efforts to sway public opinion will continue Thursday as the agency considers buying an office in Pioche, the Lincoln County seat.
Malone guilty; LV trial next: Tuesday, July 19, 2005; The attorney for Lance Malone, the former Clark County commissioner and Metro Police officer convicted in a federal political corruption case in San Diego, said Monday that Malone will seek to overturn the verdict.
Water for new town flows to lobbyist: Friday, July 15, 2005; WEEKEND EDITION
Clem the alligator's life on the run ends with capture by volunteers: Thursday, July 14, 2005; Clem the alligator's tale as a wild-west desperado has come to an end.
Kerr-McGee agreed to pay pollution fine: Thursday, July 14, 2005; Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in May agreed to pay a $55,392 penalty to resolve air permit violations at its Henderson plant, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.
Raccoons are deadly threat: Monday, July 11, 2005; Raccoons, the cute masked bandits best known for knocking around trash pails late at night, could be more dangerous than they appear.
Boulder City-made device earns plumbing certification: Thursday, July 7, 2005; Dr. Warren Smith, an unassuming Boulder City physician, wants to help keep bottoms clean.