May 07, 2008 — Lake Mead cleanup proves successful – EPA, water officials cooperate to reduce levels of perchlorate — While environmental officials in other states have been bickering over who is responsible for cleaning up contamination from the rocket fuel ingredient, perchlorate, and to what level, water quality officials in Nevada have blazed a trail to follow — Las Vegas Sun
May 7, 2008 — Inspections will check for invasive mussels — RGJ.com
May 06, 2008 —
SOUTH VALLEY FACILITIES EXPANSION PROJECT: Henderson water plan proposed
— A series of tunnels could be drilled through the mountains south and east of Henderson as part of a massive expansion of the valley's water distribution system — RJ.com
May 06, 2008 — Planned coal plant gives up its water source — Some see step as sign Mesquite-area coal burner [Toquop] won’t be built — Las Vegas Sun
May 05, 2008 — Working against Wildfire  Tahoe officials look back on a year’s worth of effort toward fire safety — Sierra Sun
May 04, 2008 — A coal - fired discussion — Four experts debate how best to meet Nevada’s energy needs — Las Vegas Sun
May 03, 2008 —
BEAUTIFUL MINES IN 2007 FOR NEVADA
— CARSON CITY -- Nevada mines produced a record $5.4 billion worth of gold, silver and other minerals in 2007 compared with about $4.9 billion in 2006 production value, according to a state Minerals Division report released Friday — AP
May 02, 2008 — Air quality passable in Washoe & Carson — Washoe County and Carson City air quality received passing grades in a report released Thursday by the American Lung Association — RJ.com
May 02, 2008 —
Water authority says revenue to fall — Number of hookups for new customers expected to decline . . . .In yet another ugly example of the [Las Vegas] valley's slumping housing and construction markets, the water authority is projecting a $52 million drop in revenue from new customer hookups over the next year — RJ.com
May 02, 2008 — Worker pay raises account for most of Reno budget increase — RGJ.com
May 02, 2008 — Canal flows to increase — FERNLEY -- Water flows in the Truckee Canal that breached and flooded hundreds of homes in January should be increased by next week, federal officials said — AP
May 01, 2008 — State still planning on using birth control on wild horses —Birth control will still be part of the Nevada Department of Agriculture's program to manage wild horses on the Virginia Range - just not at this time — Nevada Appeal
May 01, 2008 — Yucca corrosion data found to be suspicious — Stephens Washington Bureau
May 01, 2008 — Gibbons appoints penny pincher — RJ.com
April 30, 2008 — Governor launches anti-waste panel — AP
April 30, 2008 — Panel looks to cut $400 million more Nevada Appeal
April 30, 2008 —
Flooding of the Carson River a real possibility
— RGJ.com
 News Archives — January / April 2008
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May 07, 2008 — Judge Orders US EPA to speed review of Carbon Monoxide standards AP
May 07, 2007 — Session nears end with third coal bill [Kansas] — For the third time in the 2008 legislative session, lawmakers on Tuesday approved a bill that would authorize the construction of two 700-megawatt coal-fired power plants and strip the state of authority to block similar projects — LJWorld.com
May 06, 2008 — EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking waterAP (More Coverage) (More Coverage - Sacbee.com)
May 05, 2008 — Environmentalists divided about burying CO2 — Greenpeace and more than 100 other environmental groups denounced projects for burying industrial greenhouse gases on Monday, exposing splits in the green movement about whether such schemes can slow global warming. — Reuters
May 03, 2008 — Is mercury contaminating Utah's fish? — ABC TV 4 Utah
May 02, 2008 — EPA wants tougher rules on airborne lead —WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a major tightening Thursday of the health standard for airborne lead, saying that current allowable concentrations do not adequately protect public health, especially children — AP
May 02, 2008 — EPA official resigns, cites Dow Chemical: Activists: Head of Midwest office was muzzled over dioxin contamination — AP
May 2, 2008 — Study: Dams could benefit salmon runs in California — SACRAMENTO - California's vast network of reservoirs - which destroyed more than 5,000 miles of salmon habitat when their dams were erected decades ago - could turn out to be a savior for a species on the brink of collapse, according to a new study — AP
May 02, 2008 — Western groups want BLM to consider climate change decisions —ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Conservationists are shifting the debate over oil and gas development across the West from the preservation of a single species here or there to the potential impacts that development could have on entire landscapes due to climate change — AP
May 01, 2008 — Pittsburgh surpasses L.A. as sootiest U.S. city — Reuters
April 30, 2008 — California Gasoline Consumption Declines — Green Car Congress
April 30, 2008 — Coal debate expected to heat up — Topeka — The political showdown of the year is expected to play out today as legislative leaders try to overturn Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ veto of two coal-fired power plants — LJWorld.com
April 30, 2008 —
Rockefeller kin urge Exxon to think beyond oil
— MSNBC
April 29, 2008 — Feds say bull trout to remain a threatened species — AP
April 29, 2008 —
U.S. ordered to make polar bear call in 16 days
— AP
April 28, 2008 — White House slows EPA tests, inquiry finds — Dry cleaning chemical among those the EPA has yet to assess AP
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