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Jan. 15, 2009

" ... life in today's desert megacities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas [could be] impossible." - Ed Firmage, Jr. (SLT)

The Utah Legislature will soon begin its 2009 session, and we may expect bills promoting two favorite pieces of home-grown pork, the Lake Powell pipeline and Transition Power's nuclear nightmare on the Green River. But before legislators cast more of our recession-stretched cash before these...  More

Jan. 04, 2009

BLM Releases "Newsletter Update" on SNWA's Pipeline EIS. [Available for download]

The schedule for the release of the draft EIS slipped again to Summer/Fall 2009, but most likely September. The newsletter mentions a NEPA requirement of a "minimum 30-day comment period" which may be inaccurate. The newsletter also revealed that there's a new (November 2008) &...  More

Jan. 03, 2009

Two BLM Alternatives eliminate pipeline in Snake Valley

The Bureau of Land Management's most recent list of alternatives for helping the Southern Nevada Water Authority find more water for Las Vegas includes two options (out of 11) that would keep drills and pumps out of the Snake Valley along the Utah/Nevada border. . . . Utah Association of ...  More

Dec. 27, 2008

"Salazar may take a more conservation-friendly approach to Nevada's water problems, say some environmentalists."

... Abigail Johnson, who is on the board of directors of the Great Basin Water Network, says she's encouraged by Salazar's background in environmental law and water issues. "I'm hopeful that as a new person in D.C. who understands the BLM's strengths and weaknesses Salazar can bring th...  More

Dec. 27, 2008

"We all live in Las Vegas now: Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires?

... As the plane descends, Vegas comes up on the horizon faster than ever. As one of the country's quickest growing locales, it has become a massive blob suffocating a fragile ecosystem. Sans urban planning in the libertarian West, that unbridled growth encourages more roads, cars and smog. ...  More

Dec. 27, 2008

How the West's Energy Boom Could Threaten Drinking Water for 1 in 12 Americans

A rush to develop domestic oil, gas and uranium deposits along the Colorado River and its tributaries threatens its future... . . . The Colorado River, the life vein of the Southwestern United States, is in trouble. (Scientific American)...  More

Dec. 18, 2008

Time: Earth in peril, but article gets its stats wrong ...

Time reported a Las Vegas Metro use of 165 gallons water per person per day but that number doesn't include overall water use for the city. Facts: Las Vegas metro area has cut its water use over the last 5 years from 320 or more gallons PPD to around 270 gallons of water per person per da...  More

Dec. 18, 2008

"The inspector general of the Interior Department has found that agency officials often interfered with scientific work ..."

. . . in order to limit protections for species at risk of becoming extinct, reviving attention to years of disputes over the Bush administration’s science policies." ... “The results of this investigation paint a picture of something akin to a secret society residing within the Interio...  More

Dec. 11, 2008

Las Vegas Valley Water District has been fined $10,000 for violating county air quality regulations…

The district had a county permit that allowed the commercial generator to operate no more than 120 hours a year. Instead, it was used all day, every day during 2007 to provide power during an expansion of the district's administrative offices… The county's Department of Air Quality and Environm...  More

Dec. 09, 2008

Nevada's agriculture industry took a strong stand Tuesday against a proposed water importation plan that would take billions of gallons of groundwater out of rural valleys.

... watch the 4 minute video news report "I-Team: Strong Stand Taken Against Water Authority" ......  More

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