Watch Desert Wars September 25, 2006 at 8 pm on KUED Channel 7
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These news stories are compiled from Google News by searching for the keywords: "las vegas aquifer." Please ignore any stories that don't pertain to this issue.Goshutes battle to save their sacred water from SNWA pipeline Bay Area Indymedia by Stephen Dark (SLC City Weekly) Elders of the Goshute Nation and many scientists agree that removal of aquifer water from eastern Nevada with the SNWA proposed pipeline for Las Vegas suburban development will destroy the spring fed ecosystems that ... |
Utah, Nevada look to prevent water crisis ksl.com Take, for example, a project at Lake Mead that Las Vegas is spending $800 million on to solve a problem that's not there yet. A shrinking Lake Mead has left Nevada expecting the lake to drop too low for the existing drinking-water intake to function. |
Head out to these springs, get yourself into hot water Las Vegas Review - Journal Just off the North Shore Road between Echo Bay and Overton, the two springs are about an hour's drive from Las Vegas within Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Access scenic North Shore Road from North Las Vegas, Henderson or Boulder City. |
 CBS News | Movie review: 'Last Call at the Oasis' smartly sounds alarm on water Los Angeles Times Though the crisis is global, "Last Call" for the most part focuses on situations in the US The first case study is Las Vegas. Though it seems that the water displays on the Strip waste water, the real problem is that the city has been allowed to grow ... Clean water shrinking in “Last Call at the Oasis” |
Sarris touts Rohnert Park casino in Sacramento Santa Rosa Press Democrat By JEREMY HAY SACRAMENTO - The head of the Indian tribe that plans to build a Las Vegas-style casino outside Rohnert Park said Tuesday its agreement with the state allowing the project to start will be good in a “new and novel way” for all involved, ... |
Clean water shrinking in "Last Call at the Oasis" Reuters In Las Vegas, they find a desert city is straining limited resources as it grows exponentially. Rural mid-western states are home to industrial cattle farms where tons of manure is improperly disposed, contaminating streams and drinking water. |
Sarris defends Rohnert Park casino in Sacramento Santa Rosa Press Democrat (John Burgess / PD) By JEREMY HAY SACRAMENTO — The head of the Indian tribe that plans to build a Las Vegas-style casino outside Rohnert Park said Tuesday its agreement with the state allowing the project to start will be good in a “new and novel way” ... |
Fracking: a story in 5 parts. Part I Fracking Basic Examiner.com Since this time citizens have been organizing and have created a Bill of Rights on the Municipal Level with the Community Environmental Defense Fund to Ban Fracking within the Las Vegas City Limits. Unfortunately, there are no mineral rights in the ... |
 Daily Yonder | Thursday Roundup: The Ds, 2012 and Rural Voters Daily Yonder The economy seems likely to be the driving factor just as much for rural voters on Election Day as for those in bigger cities, like Las Vegas or Denver. And this will make Obama's 2008 success in wooing rural voters harder to replicate this year. |
State Legislature endorses Arizona as dumping ground for nuclear waste ... Eastern Arizona Courier In 2002, Congress approved President George W. Bush's decision to build the site under Yucca Mountain, which is in Nevada about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. In 2008, the DOE announced it was raising the project's budget from $57.5 billion to $96 ... |
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