Environment Archives - Page 7 of 9

Biden DOE Loans $700M For Rhyolite Ridge Lithium Mine

January 16, 2023 4:30 pmJanuary 17, 2023 2:33 pm

President Biden’s Department of Energy has loaned $700 million to ioneer for its Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Nevada. Notably, this would be the first loan under the DOE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program for mineral extraction. According to reports, ioneer has spent about $100 million over the last...

The Road To Solar Hell

December 13, 2022 12:43 pmDecember 14, 2022 10:08 am

Our departing governor Steve Sisolak had a Climate Strategy for Nevada. His plan to build a solar electric grid parallel to our existing natural gas-powered grid is bizarre and reckless. The new, multi-billion dollar solar grid does not replace the existing natural gas-powered grid because solar is unreliable as it fails...

President Biden Set To Designate Avi Kwa Ame as National Monument

November 30, 2022 4:37 pm

Today, President Joe Biden pledged to designate Avi Kwa Ame “Spirit Mountain” in southern Nevada as the state’s fourth national monument. “There’s so much more that we’re going to do to protect the treasured tribal lands,” Biden said during the White House Tribal Nations Summit in Washington. “I’m committed to protecting...

OPINION: Nevada Embraces California’s Madness

September 19, 2022 10:22 am

For many Californians electricity costs 50 center per kilowatt hour, about four times more than we pay in Nevada. Nevada governor Steve Sisolak seems determined to follow the California road. Sisolak is implementing a climate strategy to squander billions on solar electricity. According to Sisolak’s campaign website, he grandiosely intends...

A Snail In The Coffin For Sisolak’s Clean Energy Revolution?

September 13, 2022 2:39 pmSeptember 14, 2022 11:40 am

Nevada is home to Albemarle’s Silver Peak, the only operating lithium mine in the United States. As state and federal governments push consumers towards electric vehicles, the need for lithium grows as lithium is a critical ingredient for batteries used in electric vehicles, solar energy storage, and consumer electronics. The...

OPINION: The Bizarre Cult Of Green Energy Takes Nevada

August 22, 2022 10:41 am

Every now and then, bizarre cults sweep across cultures and countries. For example, in many places in the U.S., medical establishments are castrating young children in the name of gender affirming care based on the theory that children have hidden, true genders that should be supported by life-altering surgery and...

$4 Billion Of Drought Funding in Inflation Reduction Act ‘Will Accomplish Nothing’

August 16, 2022 11:40 amAugust 16, 2022 2:54 pm

Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto voted for the Inflation Reduction Act and has made claims that the $4 billion secured in the act will “combat drought in the Western U.S.” Her statement below reads that the $4 billion will fund the Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency under the U.S....

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