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Green agendas clash in Nevada as company grows rare plant to help it survive effects of a mine
GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) — A botanist gently strokes the pollen of endangered wildflowers with a paintbrush as she tries to reenact nature inside a small greenhouse in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada. It’s part of a lithium mining company’s grand experiment intended to help keep an extremely rare...
Nevada heat demands more than cooling centers, lawmakers told
Policy, politics and progressive commentary Despite Nevada having two of the fastest warming cities in the nation — Reno and Las Vegas — the state has taken the least action to protect the public from the impacts of climate change. On Wednesday, researchers told lawmakers that the severe lack of heat mitigation in Reno and Las Vegas has led to […] The post Nevada heat demands more than cooling centers, lawmakers told appeared first on Nevada Current.
Contractors Board doubles down after fining Titan Solar $400,000; calls it ‘a serious threat’ to public
Titan Solar, whose operations shut down in Nevada and its nationwide offices seeking protection under federal bankruptcy laws, is a serious threat to the public, the state contractors board said Wednesday.
Military briefs around Northern Nevada, Week of July 15
The annual Community 4 Veterans fundraiser for Veterans Helping Veterans has kicked off. This year’s grand prize is a 2024 29-foot Jayco travel trailer. Second prize consists of three CF Moto CFORCE ATVs, one each of 600, 500 and 110. Third prize is a Ruger American bolt action rife...
UNR targeted for $21 million technological innovation grant
The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, announced the Nevada Lithium Batteries and Other EV Material Loop consortium led by the University of Nevada, Reno in the Carson City-Reno region was designated as one of the 31 inaugural Tech Hubs in regions across the country that show potential for rapid growth in key technology sectors.
Nevada gets OK to sell federal public lands for affordable housing
Environmentalists said a first time ever federal decision to allow the sale of a small parcel of national public land in Nevada is an example of "careful use." The Bureau of Land Management this week approved the sale of 20 acres near Las Vegas to the Clark County Department of Social Services for an affordable housing development.
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