Author Archives: NCL

By Amy Lueders |November 26, 2015 In response to the op-ed by Washoe County Commissioner Jeanne Herman [ “BLM land use plan negatively impacts Reno-Sparks growth,” Voices, Nov. 5], I would like to correct the record on a key point. (Read More)

By Sean Whaley |November 25, 2015 State regulators are expected to decide next week on whether three major gaming companies can leave Nevada Power Co. and secure their own electricity supplies on the open market. All three exit applications by MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts and Las Vegas Sands Corp. are on the agenda for theContinue reading “Regulators could decide next week on gaming companies’ exit from Nevada Power”

By Doug Nielsen |November 25, 2015 Today many of us will sit down with family and friends to break bread and, in some cases, give thanks. After all, it is Thanksgiving Day. My late wife’s family has a mealtime tradition wherein my father-in-law asks one or more people at the table “What are you thankful for?”Continue reading “Public lands would be in danger if given to individual states”

By Scott Sonner |November 24, 2015 RENO, NEV. — A federal judge in Nevada is postponing a decision on whether to block U.S. regulations protecting the greater sage grouse, partly because she’s not clear if the rules are really to blame for delays in construction of a rural water supply tank near Great Basin National ParkContinue reading “Nevada judge won’t rule on sage grouse before Christmas”

By Kyle Roerink |November 24, 2015 As the sun beat down on a small array of solar panels in front of City Hall today, Mayor Carolyn Goodman announced Las Vegas would be the first city of its size to be powered by 100 percent renewable energy. The city will expand its partnership with NV Energy toContinue reading “City of Las Vegas plans to go to 100 percent renewable energy”

By Tina Nappe |November 17, 2015 Imagine a Truckee Meadows where we now enjoy open space right at our doorstep to hike, bike, walk our dogs and enjoy scenic landscapes, filled with houses (no lawns) rim to rim. Why? Because Congress has transferred our public lands to the state. And the state, in order to pay the costsContinue reading “One view: Nevada can’t afford to run public lands”

By Sandra Cherub |November 16, 2015 CARSON CITY — Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who ruffled the feathers of Gov. Brian Sandoval when he joined a lawsuit challenging sage grouse protections, won’t be allowed to argue Tuesday when a federal judge considers an injunction to block new public lands regulations, the judge ruled. U.S. District JudgeContinue reading “Nevada AG Laxalt frozen out of sage grouse lawsuit hearing”

By Scott Sonner |November 16, 2015 One of the first, actual on-the-ground disruptions caused by new U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage grouse isn’t on a cattle ranch in Oregon or an oil field in Colorado. It’s in the backyard of a residential neighborhood in Sun Valley, north of Reno, where plans to acquire federalContinue reading “Reno neighborhood stung by sage grouse rules”

By Sean Whaley |November 12, 2015 CARSON CITY — A state official said Thursday that Nevada is “well positioned” to comply with the new carbon dioxide reduction requirements by 2030 recently mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sig Jaunarajs, an official with the state Division of Environmental Protection, said the goal set for Nevada isContinue reading “Nevada on track to comply with EPA’s new carbon dioxide regs”

By Sean Whaley |November 11, 2015 CARSON CITY — A new poll of Nevada residents ahead of next week’s state regulatory hearings on net metering shows strong support for the existing rooftop solar tariff and opposition to NV Energy’s proposal. The poll conducted by Erik Iverson of Portland, Ore.-based Moore Information for the rooftop solar companyContinue reading “Poll shows strong support for existing rooftop-solar program”