The nation’s road system covers 4 million miles and is governed by a patchwork of federal, state, and local jurisdictions that often operate in silos, making systemic change difficult and expensive.
The Nevada Clean Energy Fund was awarded the multi-million dollar “Solar for All” grant by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to support community solar projects that benefit low-income households.
The U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation will send $242 million to five projects in Western states to improve water storage and clean drinking water supply.
Twenty-one states are joining a push by the Biden administration to modernize America’s aging electric grid, which is under pressure from growing demand, a changing power generation mix that includes lots of wind and solar and severe weather.
Environmentalists warn that a new Southern Nevada gold rush is threatening groundwater resources in the Oasis Valley where the critically endangered Amargosa toads live.
As the Salton Sea shrinks, the exposed lakebed has caused increased pollution and health problems for communities in California's Imperial County and beyond, researchers found.