When you use water, youÕre also using lots of electricity, most of it generated with fossil fuels, contributing to global warming Southern Nevada has gained a reputation as the future of clean, renewable energy and for its aggressive outdoor water conservation campaigns. ...
Everglades restoration deal is kept alive with contract extension in massive plan to buy land Florida water managers have approved a contract extension for a bold plan to buy land from the nation's largest cane sugar producer for Everglades restoration. The board ...
<div id="subtitle">Water board takes step toward banning septic tanks in Malibu, raising concerns about sprawl</div><div><p>Water regulators have taken a step toward banning septic tanks in the heart of Malibu, Calif., after a battle over bacterial pollution at popular beaches.</p><p>Residents ...
<div><p> The closing of University Medical Center’s outpatient cancer clinic, a possible quarter-cent reduction in the sales tax and safety at North Las Vegas Airport are among the issues up for discussion by Clark County commissioners this week.</p><p>What’s the latest on the ...
<div><p>Q: Why are water towers bigger on the top than the bottom? Wouldn't that make them unbalanced?</p><p>-Jade D.</p><p>A: If it's an unfamiliar sight, the large bulbous shape of a water tower looming over a small Midwestern town might ...
<div><p>Describing water supply systems, those both publicly or corporately owned in Mercer County, begins with a built-in problem. The custom is for aauthors to write about water in a way calculated to either scare the devil out of you or, oppositely, to ...
<div><p>Once upon a time, water was not a worry in the United States. It was relatively cheap, generally plentiful, and easy to take for granted. No more. The world faces a growing water shortage, and the United States won't be spared. An ...
<div><p> Last week offered a mixed bag for Nevada fish, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the Bonneville cutthroat trout does not warrant protection by the Endangered Species Act but the Lahontan cutthroat trout does.</p><p>The Lahontan cutthroat has been ...
<div id="subtitle">Ahead of last day in office, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's replaced on Detroit Zoo water tower</div><div><p>Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's name no longer is in its prominent place at the Detroit Zoo.</p><p>A crew on Tuesday replaced his name ...
<div id="subtitle">Backed by Water Authority, movie aims to draw attention to shortage</div><div><p> Jim Thebaut wants to be the Pied Piper of water conservation.</p><p>“If we can reach the children, the parents will fall in line,” says the filmmaker, a self-described ecologist ...
