Now more than ever, Sen. Heller has the opportunity to keep Nevada’s health and environment safe from an EPA nominee who has taken every opportunity to fight for fossil-fuel interests.
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The Nevada commission charged with overseeing nuclear waste issues on Tuesday warned that it expects Congress to seek funding to revive the shuttered Yucca Mountain repository project this year.
President Donald Trump’s picks for Energy and Interior departments, of high interest to Nevadans, advance to Senate floor.
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Energy Department, left open Thursday the possibility that Yucca Mountain could house nuclear waste in the future.
Taxpayer dollars are better spent securing safe and viable alternatives for the long-term storage of nuclear waste in areas that are willing to house it. The incoming administration and congressional Yucca Mountain advocates should focus their efforts on that worthwhile initiative.
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz dismissed speculation Wednesday that a nuclear waste repository could open at Yucca Mountain near Las Vegas because of local opposition to the project.
Remembering the prominent, influential or just plain interesting Nevadans we said goodbye to in 2016.