Idaho Power will invest in coal, for now
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 23:53:14 -0700 | green-news
The utility company concludes that coal is the cheapest and most reliable sources of energy after hydropower. rbarker@idahostatesman.com Idacorp CEO LaMont Keen said Thursday that Idaho Power Co. will continue to rely on coal plants in Wyoming and Nevada, but...
Bid to elevate quagga mussel as invasive species
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-16 16:40:48 -0700 | green-news
A bill introduced in Congress Thursday seeks to elevate the fight against the quagga mussel, an invasive species that has spread from the Great Lakes to the lakes on the Colorado River. The mussel would be added by the bill...
SV's waters have receded, but the problems remain
Source: Bureau County Republican
Spring Valley :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-15 14:45:14 -0700 | green-news
The flood water may be receding, but the damage done has taken its toll on the Spring Valley wastewater treatment plant. The direction taken with repairs will depend on the amount of federal money that may eventually become available. Everything...
DOUBLE STANDARD? Wind Farms Get Pass on Eagle Deaths, Others Fined
Source: Fox
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-14 11:13:21 -0700 | green-news
Wyo. The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a wind farm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has...
[VIDEO] Heat, ice and wind all part of U.S. weather panoply
Source: United Press International
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-13 08:36:58 -0700 | green-news
People in Las Vegas girded themselves Monday for their first 100-degree day of the year. But while it was heating up in Nevada, some people in Minnesota were still dealing with the remnants of winter with high winds pushing mounds...
High security sought for radioactive materials coming to Nevada
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-12 07:12:30 -0700 | green-news
The Department of Energy considers the cocktail of uranium isotopes contained in 403 welded, steel canisters destined for the Nevada National Security Site as low-level nuclear waste. Yes, its main ingredient, uranium-235, is the atom-splitting material used in the first...
Stunning smog in wild and rural Utah
Source: The Salt Lake City Tribune
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 17:44:33 -0700 | green-news
Plus, the smog was bad enough in the redrock deserts, the range and the mountains that, had those spots been part of an official pollution count, they would have to start plotting pollution-reduction plans required by the health-based standards of...
NBC Hypes 'Jaw-Dropping Images' of 'Melting Glaciers, Vanishing Rain Forests, Non-Stop Urban Sprawl'...
Source: Newsbusters
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-10 09:47:14 -0700 | green-news
Google and Time magazine partnered to put the time lapsed images online." Talking to Time's editor at large Jeffrey Kluger, Ellis worried: "[The images] include the rain forest of Brazil, the green seen disappearing over time." Kluger added: "One area...
New Google & Time project shows stunning images of earth changing over 30 years
Source: Venture Beat
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 20:03:35 -0700 | green-news
Google and Time Magazine have partnered to create a brilliant new project called Timelapse that shows satellite imagery of earth during the course of nearly 30 years, giving us a better understanding of how our planet is transforming...Earth taken from...
Chicago Audubon Society honors Schaumburg conservationist
Source: The Daily Herald
Spring Valley :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 09:35:50 -0700 | green-news
Brooks received the "Protector of the Environment Educator" award. The awards banquet was held to honor people from many different walks of life who have been chosen for their contributions to conservation and birding in the Chicagoland area. Brooks began...
New Wyoming Lithium Deposit Could Meet All U.S. Demand
Source: Scoop
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 17:36:22 -0700 | green-news
Demand The U.S. currently imports more than 80% of the lithium it uses, with the silvery metal winding up in batteries from cell phones to electric cars. According to a United States Geological Survey publication on lithium , The only...
Truckee River flows peak, 3rd lowest in 4 decades
Source: Sacramento Bee
Reno :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-05 15:50:50 -0700 | green-news
Some of the lowest season flows in the Truckee River in four decades are raising concerns about Nevada's lingering drought. The water trickling down from the melting mountain snowpack apparently reached its peak this past week, both sooner and smaller...
PVC pipes staking West mine claims killing birds
Source: Denver Post
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-03 09:46:05 -0700 | green-news
Nev.Wildlife officials and conservationists in Nevada say they are making progress knocking down the white plastic pipes that miners traditionally have used to stake their claims but can also become death traps for small birds that get stuck inside. The...
Conn. approves new waste storage at nuclear plant
Source: The Day
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 14:59:42 -0700 | green-news
State officials authorized the Millstone nuclear plant on Thursday to significantly expand nuclear waste storage capacity over the next 30 years. Without a national site to take spent nuclear fuel, Millstone Power Station's owner, Dominion Resources Inc., turned to Connecticut...
BLM begins new court-ordered Ruby Pipeline review
Source: SF Gate
Reno :: NV :: USA | updated 2013-05-02 10:26:24 -0700 | green-news
Nev. (AP) Federal land managers are going back to the drawing board with their environmental review of a 678-mile natural gas pipeline stretching from Wyoming to Oregon...Bureau of Land Management say they have started preparing another draft supplemental environmental impact...
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