By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee A plan to save endangered fish has pushed California’s fragile water system almost to the breaking point, putting additional strain on farmers while drawing down reservoirs at Folsom and Oroville to historically low levels. At an informal hearing Wednesday of the State Water Resources Control Board, federal and state regulators […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee Low-flying helicopters are joining the legion of machinery responding to the state’s fourth-year drought. Helicopters flying at treetop level throughout rural Northern California are checking for dead and dying trees near power lines, where they pose fire hazards. The aircraft, contracted by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., have found […]
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By Anne Knowles INCLINE VILLAGE — Water data and sage grouse were the main topics on the opening day of the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting. The three-day conference kicked off June 24 with the release of the WGA’s drought forum report, what Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, WGA’s current chairman, called a “living document.” The […]
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By Katharine Gammon, Inside Science In California’s current historic drought, there’s one particularly easy target when it comes to pointing fingers: green golf courses. Courses around the U.S. suck up around approximately 2.08 billion gallons of water per day for irrigation. That’s about 130,000 gallons per day per course, according to the golf industry. In […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee A political fight over California’s renewable energy industry is playing out in the corridors of power, but it deals with something closer to home: your rooftop. Capitol policymakers are advancing an ambitious proposal to have renewable sources generate half of the state’s electricity by 2030, up from the 33 […]
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By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post “The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.”says Wayne LaPierre, the vice president of the National Rifle Association. That’s become the kernel of the NRA’s response to recent mass shooting tragedies — if only more people carried guns for […]
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Updated June 24 10:03pm: “Fire is burning in hazardous and inaccessible terrain and approaching an increasing number of structures and impacting travel corridors,” authorities report. Updated June 24 6:19pm: The fire has grown to 17,205 acres and is 10 percent contained. There are now 900 people fighting the fire that was started by lightning. Warmer […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Come July, life will get more taxing for Nevada business. That’s when the so-called “commerce tax,” a new state levy based on annual gross revenue and the core of the historic tax package approved by the 2015 Legislature, starts. The first annual payment to the state Department of Taxation won’t be […]
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By Kathryn Reed Building a trail from Turtle Rock Park in Markleeville to Grover Hot Springs seemed like a simple enough of an idea. Then the proponents hit the wall of bureaucracy. “Basically we discovered that it was going to be a big ordeal or a lot of challenges to create the trail. There were […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun The gaming industry’s fight against criminals who want to use casinos to disguise illegal money was front and center Thursday at the Paris resort. There, industry leaders and government officials gathered for a conference that addressed how casinos are handling their obligations under anti-money-laundering law. The verdict, according to […]
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