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U.S. EPA Releases Annual Enforcement Results, Interactive Mapping Tool Shows Nevada Environmental Enforcement (NV)
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Politicians join in opposition of Northern Nevada landfill
(via www.lasvegassun.com)
Two politicians of different stripes have joined in an effort to stop a plan to bury an average of 4,000 tons of California's garbage a day in Northern Nevada.
Nevada to pick up pace with weatherization work
(via www.nevadaappeal.com)
LAS VEGAS — Nevada has only spent a fraction of its federal stimulus funds intended to make homes are more energy efficient.
Preserved by Prostitution: 400 Acres in Nevada
(via www.treehugger.com)
Photo by the_toe_stubber via Flickr.Conservation efforts sometimes create unlikely bedfellows. By keeping tracts of land off-limits, high-security prisons, closed borders, and wars and other conflicts can inadvertently protect natural landscapes from degradation. Now, it seems, we can add brothel owners to the list of accidental environmentalists....Read the full story on TreeHugger
Judge asked to block wild horse roundup in Nevada
(via www.msnbc.msn.com)
An animal protection group asked a federal judge Wednesday to block a plan to round up about 2,500 wild horses to remove them from a Nevada range.Nevada - Horse - United States - Animal rights - Animal Welfare
Supreme Court OKs $4 million water rights settlement
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The Nevada Supreme Court has approved a settlement in which the Southern Nevada Water Authority will pay $4 million to a developer in Eastern Nevada to drop his suit in the dispute over 18,755 acre feet of water.
Onetime Nevada brothel could become conservationists' oasis
(via www.nytimes.com)
SPARKS, Nev. — Watching bulldozers pour crushed rocks to force the Truckee River into a more natural serpentine pattern, Mickey Hazelwood, project director for the Nature Conservancy, mused that like many acts of salvation, this one has its roots deep in sin.
Onetime Nevada Brothel Could Become Conservationists’ Oasis
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The Mustang Ranch’s presence on a parcel of land on the Truckee River kept development at bay, thus improving the chances of restoring the flora and fauna.
DOE -- Nevada not an option for Utah-bound depleted uranium
(via www.sltrib.com)
A U.S. Department of Energy spokeswoman says Nevada has been ruled out as an alternative disposal site for nearly 15,000 drums of depleted uranium from South Carolina currently scheduled to come to Utah.
Marijuana backers eye 2012 NV ballot measure
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Backers of a proposal to tax and regulate marijuana are hoping the third time's the charm to get an initiative passed in Nevada.
