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May 18, 2012 — Third intake into Lake Mead hits $5 million snag — RJ.com

May 18, 2012 — [Vegas] Trash to power thousands of Southern Nevada homes — RJ.com

May 15, 2012 — The fight for water: Nevada taps Lake Mead and hunts for 'Utah' water — Desert News

May 13, 2012 — The fight for water: Can the mighty Mississippi save the West? — Desert News

May 13, 2012 — Geothermal development reaches crossroads in Nevada — RGJ.com

May 09, 2012 — Documentary takes global view of Nevada's water wars — RG.com

May 07, 2012 — Interior secretary touts new solar power plant in Ivanpah Valley — RG.com

May 04, 2012 — Recology seeks to have SEC appeal dismissed — Silver Pinyon Journal [Related Information]

May 04, 2012 — [Las Vegas] Water authority sets aside $10 million for conservation measures — Las Vegas Sun

May 03, 2012 — [Ely] City Council to request funds [from NDEP] for cleanup effort — ElyNews.com

May 03, 2012 — [Reid Gardner] Moapa Paiutes tell EPA: Shut down coal plant next door — RJ.com

May 02, 2012 — Judges troubled by Yucca shutdown, uncertain on recourse . . . The case before a three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the only remaining legal challenge to the Obama administration's decision to start closing out the program in 2009 and to develop a new nuclear waste strategy — Stephens Washington Bureau

May 02, 2012 — Northern Nevada heats up with solar-geo hybridplant — RGJ.com

May 02, 2012 — Engineers plan weir to slow water eroding Las Vegas Wash — RJ.com

May 01, 2012 — Wildland fire season looks dangerous in Nevada, new report says — RGJ.com
 

 

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May 04, 2012 —EPA Releases Draft Permitting Guidance for Using Diesel Fuel in Oil and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing: Guidance will clarify means of compliance with 2005 Amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act — USEPA [Related Story — Obama administration moves to limit diesel use in fracking — LA Times]

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