by Beth Holmes | Jun 27, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Sustainability
Groundwater rights ruling shakes up Nevada during the state’s long drought. Nevada, like the rest of the American West, is more than twenty years into a megadrought. Climatologists say the area has become much warmer and drier in recent decades than in the...
by Beth Holmes | Feb 21, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
The megadrought in the American West is the worst in at least 1200 years, according to a recent study by UCLA researchers, and human-led climate change is a key part of it. Park Williams, a climate hydrologist at UCLA, has been studying the history of soil hydration...
by Admin | Sep 10, 2014 | Green Energy, Information
The Silver State could be just the place Tesla is looking for to create an even more innovative, energy efficient electric car. Reportedly, Nevada is offering the electric car maker $1.3 billion in tax breaks along with other financial incentives spanning a 20 year...
by Admin | Feb 28, 2014 | Articles, Conservation
The Nevada Farm Bureau Federation and the Nevada Association of Counties named three defendants in their lawsuit filed December 30th in US District Court. The groups say the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) should “destroy” horses that are judged to be unadoptable...