By Kathryn Reed Hospitals use huge quantities of water – from old sterilizers operating 24 hours a day to non-aerated faucets to old toilets. And then there is landscaping. According to the EPA, the median hospital uses 315 gallons of water per bed per day. Hospitals have historically been near the top for water consumption […]
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By Scott Harlan, Salinas Californian My interest in geology probably started with my father who was a petroleum geologist. We would go to gem and mineral shows together and look at all of the spectacular specimens. There is a sense of discovery when you find something that no man has ever seen before. […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun It’s been more than a year since the Federal Aviation Administration designated the state of Nevada as a drone test site. Since then, the state has largely been quiet about what the sites are being used for. One reason for the relative quiet: confidentiality agreements. Much of the research […]
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By Kathryn Reed The dictionary definition of a forest is “a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.” It’s hard to know what to call a former forest that is covered with undergrowth and what looks like poles. This is Tahoe Mountain eight years after the Angora Fire. The trees – such as they […]
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By Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times The strengthening El Niño in the Pacific Ocean has the potential to become one of the most powerful on record, as warming ocean waters surge toward the Americas, setting up a pattern that could bring once-in-a-generation storms this winter to drought-parched California. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction […]
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By Kate Siber, High Country News All morning, I’d heard the roar of sloughs rocketing down cliffs as I skied up a mountain in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Now, standing at the summit with my six friends and our two guides, I gazed over treeless sheets of white plunging to the inky ocean. A virgin […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Pristine isn’t a word developers of the Brockway Campground like to use when describing the 104-acre site. To the average camper pristine might be exactly the word for it. Campers aren’t going to care how many times it has been logged by Sierra Pacific Industries – the land owner, […]
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By Eli Segall, Las Vegas Sun Nevada homes not only were the most overvalued in the country at the peak of the housing bubble last decade, but prices are among the most inflated now, new data show. Homes statewide are 15 percent overvalued, tied for highest in the nation with North Dakota and Hawaii, according […]
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By Sarah Litz, Reno Gazette-Journal Protecting Lake Tahoe is more difficult than it looks. Tahoe’s clarity has decreased, non-native species have increased and algal blooms are threatening the beauty and productivity of the nationally known lake. However, public agencies have teamed up with scientists, marinas and lakefront homeowners on a new strategy to protect, combat […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt PLACERVILLE – “Placerville, a Unique Historical Past Forging into a Golden Future.” Placerville’s letterhead describes the historic Gold Rush city that way. But retaining a reverence for the city’s legendary past while accommodating the demands of an expressway future has proven to be an uncomfortable process, no more so than in the […]
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