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Renewable Energy
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Video Offers a Compelling Look at Nevada's Largest Solar Plant
Post date:No doubt about it: this thing is big.
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endangered species
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Group Wants Joshua Trees Protected as Threatened Species
Post date:The Joshua tree is in trouble in a warming world, and a wildlife protection group wants the spiky tree declared a threatened species.
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endangered species
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Feds Won't Be Protecting California Sage Grouse After All
Post date:Wildlife advocates say the federal government is kowtowing to cow-country business interests.
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wind power
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Another Eagle Death at Nevada Wind Project
Post date:A wind energy facility in eastern Nevada killed its second golden eagle in January.
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brightsource
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Scores of Birds Killed During Test of Solar Project in Nevada
Post date:A test of a solar power tower project in Nevada resulted in injuries to more than a hundred birds.
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plants
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Rare Eastern Sierra Flower Gets Threatened Species Protection
Post date:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has listed as Threatened a low-growing wildflower known from just 16 scattered populations on the east side of the Sierra Nevada.
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moapa solar
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2nd Tribal Solar Plant Approved On Nevada Reservation
Post date:The federal government announced approval of a second solar project on the tribe's lands.
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grazing
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Sorting Fact From Fiction on Chinese Solar In Nevada
Post date:The BLM didn't round up Cliven Bundy's cattle to pave the way for a Chinese solar project.
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commentary
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'Range War' Fizzles as Feds Round Up Illegal Cattle
Post date:The roundup of as many as 900 illegally grazed cattle from Nevada public lands continued with nary a hitch on Monday, despite grandiose threats of a "range war" from the livestock's owner.
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plants
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Feds Increase Proposed Habitat for Rare Eastern Sierra Flower
Post date:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened public comment on the amount of habitat to protect for a small yellow flower that grows in just a few places in the eastern Sierra Nevada northwest of Reno.
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moapa band of paiutes
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Solar Power Project on Indian Reservation Not Immune From Tortoise Trouble
Post date:It's a compelling, heroic narrative, but the usual suspects that impact large solar projects have reared their heads again.
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ladwp
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Solar Project Banking on L.A. Money Gets New Owner
Post date:A solar power project on a Nevada Indian reservation that will supply Los Angeles with electricity has been sold by its owners before the bulldozers even reached the site.
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colorado
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New Jersey Doing Better Than California When it Comes to Solar Power
Post date:California has long boasted the lead spot among its fellow states in terms of solar power generating capacity. But according to a new report, that's not the case.
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transportation
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California's Electric Cars Fill Their 'Tanks' For Half Price
Post date:If you're like most people considering an electric car, you might have found it hard to estimate what it'll cost to drive the thing. But now the Department of Energy has made that comparison a little easier.
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coal
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Nevada to Phase Out Energy Produced by Coal, Enviros and Tribes Applaud Move
Post date:The Reid Gardner plant has long been a thorn in the side, and in the lungs, of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, whose reservation lies adjacent to the plant and its coal ash landfill.
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coal
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Nevada Votes To Close Coal Plant
Post date:The Nevada Assembly voted Monday night to order the shut down of a coal-fired power plant northeast of Las Vegas that supplies the California Department of Water Resources with electrical power.
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inyo county
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Government Study: Big Renewable Energy Projects Threaten Wildlife
Post date:More than half of the desert biodiversity "hotspots" identified in a study are under threat from renewable energy development.
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wind power
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Opposition Grows To Wind Development Near Mojave Preserve
Post date:Developers are eyeing the area just north and east of the Mojave National Preserve.
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commentary
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They Kept Ward Valley Nuclear-Free (Part 2)
Post date:An unprecedented coalition of Native people and other environmental activists fought the State of California to a standstill 15 years ago on a proposal to dump low-level nuclear waste in Ward Valley.
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commentary
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They Kept Ward Valley Nuclear-Free (Part 1)
Post date:It's one of those places in the California desert where you can find yourself 20 miles off the pavement without much problem. It's also where California almost put its final dump for low-level nuclear waste.