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DOE sets new nuclear waste target date

The Department of Energy on Friday set a 2048 target to open a burial site for nuclear waste – a deadline 50 years later than originally planned.

Oil/gas search: Fracking comes to Nevada

The Silver State is about to get fracked. Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. is pursuing plans to drill for oil and natural gas across a 40,000-acre swath of public and private land near the city of Wells, about 400 miles north of Las Vegas.

Las Vegans enjoying fuel priced at under $3 a gallon

As he pumped regular gasoline Friday at $2.99 per gallon, a price seemingly consigned to nostalgia just three months ago, Carlos Lovato was working on a mental shopping list for his newfound pocket money.

NV Energy power plant earns accolades for safety

A national trade group has anointed a Nevada power plant the country’s safest fossil fuel-powered generating station.

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