The Department of Energy’s Yucca Mountain program was defunded and dismantled under President Barack Obama, leaving only a handful of scientists from the hundreds who once worked on the project.
Las Vegas
By Brooke Wanser / RJ
The water demands of Arizona, Nevada and California are outstripping supply, the impacts of climate change are becoming acute and the river is at a breaking point, American Rivers says in its annual ranking.
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