Research suggests that cloud seeding can increase snowfall by as much as 10 percent, so it’s no wonder that Nevada — the nation’s driest state — is investing in the practice.
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The water authority wants to pay Southern Nevadans to plant shade trees to maintain and grow the region’s tree canopy.
The Bureau of Land Management has formally paused a plan to drill for lithium near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, which is inhabited by federally protected species.
Environmental groups say they have received mixed messages from the BLM and the agency’s attorneys over the project’s status.
After pushback, the BLM said it will require a full environmental review for Rover Metals’ lithium drilling project outside Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.
Of 38 lakes and reservoirs tested, Lake Tahoe came in with the third-highest concentration of microplastics, according to the study published in Nature.
Las Vegas kicked off this year using far less water than previous years. But a dry outlook for the rest of summer could put a dent in those water use reductions.
Conservationists argue that the proposed exploratory drilling could devastate the springs in Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge and threaten endangered species.
The company’s search for lithium could lead to drilling near Ash Meadows, and conservationists worry that it could upend the fragile oasis ecosystem in the Nevada desert.