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Conservationists fight Ruby Mountains oil development

Conservationists are bashing the latest move to open more federal land in Nevada to oil exploration, this time in the Ruby Mountains of Elko County.

 
In Las Vegas, Al Gore says renewable energy economy ‘taking off’

The Strip was hit by “An Inconvenient Truth” Friday, as former Vice President Al Gore opened the National Clean Energy Conference in Las Vegas with an alarming vision of an unfolding global climate crisis.

 
Atomic town revels in past despite tunnel collapse sparking fears

Hours after the collapse of a 20-foot portion of a Hanford tunnel full of highly contaminated equipment, Adrian Martens was sitting at the bar having a pint after his Tuesday shift. He said people here aren’t afraid of Hanford — or adopting the atomic iconography as kitsch. “It’s a fun retro thing,” he said. He thinks the news panicking about the tunnel collapse “might be overblown.”

 
Moapa power plant ceases operations after 52 years

The Reid Gardner Generating Station has ended its operations. NV Energy will spend the rest of 2017 decommissioning the coal-fired power plant 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

 
Moapa power plant ceases operations after 52 years

After more than five decades, the Reid Gardner Generating Station has ended its operations. NV Energy will spend the rest of 2017 decommissioning the coal-fired power plant located 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas.