Lithium abounds in Nevada’s federal lands and could hold the key to moving away from fossil fuels. But some worry about the environmental impact of lithium mining.
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The Nye County Commission is responding to concerns about mining claims being established around Amargosa Valley and how they could affect groundwater.
In Nevada, both the number of heat-related deaths and heat-related worker complaints more than doubled from 2022 to 2023, signaling a scorching future.
Nevada and much of the Southwest are in for more fire weather days as the Earth warms, according to a new study.
Five-year projections, which the Bureau of Reclamation releases three times a year, are showing that snowpack may have boosted Lake Mead.
Environmentalists have filed an application with the federal government to list the Amargosa toad, found only in the Oasis Valley northwest of Las Vegas, as an endangered species.
Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
A coalition of residents and activists called on the Biden administration to issue heat protections for outdoor workers and declare climate change a national emergency.
Nevada has the highest percentage of public lands of any state in the country. The majority of it is operated by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Farmers have shown overwhelming interest in getting paid to retire rights to pump groundwater in rural Nevada. Could a state-run program save the water below us?
Nevada lawmakers signed onto a letter with more than 30 other members of Congress on Monday, calling for more federal funds to help address drought in the West, which is only expected to intensify.
This year’s so-called “cicada-geddon” spreading across the East Coast will not reach Nevada. But the Silver State has its own version of the critters.
Every year, school children guess when the desert tortoise will emerge from his burrow, marking the beginning of spring.
Las Vegas’ water woes will one day become theirs. Here’s how some Gen Z leaders are diving into the problem headfirst.
Multiple government bodies are attacking the problem of forever chemicals head on, especially with new regulations handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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