NV: Waste Reduction
It's 'Virtual' Earth Day: 50th Anniversary Arrives Despite COVID-19
RENO, Nev. -- Today marks the first time Earth Day has been celebrated virtually, and with many people still on "stay-at-home" orders, some …
'World Without Waste' Movement Takes Hold in Nevada
RENO, Nev. -- Statistics show the average Nevadan creates more than 38 tons of trash each year. And now students at the University of Nevada-Reno are …
Yucca Mtn. Nuclear Dump Opponents Wary of New Federal Funding
NYE COUNTY, Nev. – Nevada conservation groups are slamming a move by the Trump administration this week to spend $110,000 to start the process …
House Committee Votes to Revive Yucca Mountain Dump Plan
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- A bill reviving plans to ship thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, 100 miles outside of Las Vegas…
Hearing in D.C. Wednesday on Restarting Yucca Mountain N-Waste Project
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The proposal to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, outside Las Vegas, may be getting new life at a hearing …
Conservation Groups Brace for Attack on Methane Waste Rule
CARSON CITY, Nev. – Conservation groups are bracing for an attempt in Congress to reverse the Bureau of Land Management's Methane Waste Rule…
Will the New Congress Gut Clean-Air Rules Behind Closed Doors?
CARSON CITY, Nev. – The new session of Congress just started last week, but health and conservation groups say they fear legislators are …
Solar Advocates Optimistic after Energy Task Force Meeting
LAS VEGAS - Solar advocates are giving the governor's New Energy Industry Task Force generally positive reviews after it met Tuesday for the first tim…
Environmental Scorecard Rates Nevada Leaders
CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's delegation in Washington, D.C., gets mixed results on the annual Environmental Scorecard, just released by the League of …
NV Communities of Color Want Say in Clean Power Plan
CARSON CITY, Nev. - There will be plenty of focus on the environment at today's Stakeholder Meeting on the Clean Power Plan, but local advocates say …
Stakeholder Meeting: Chance to Grow NV As Clean Energy Leader
RENO, Nev. - This week Nevadans can weigh in, officially, on the Silver State's energy future. Local advocates say how the Public Utilities …
Do You Know a Volunteer Worthy of an Award?
LAS VEGAS – Nevadans who give their time and talents to help others can be nominated for an award that recognizes the positive contribution of v…