Las Vegas Sun, 8/4/11 - After building the country’s largest photovoltaic power plant in Boulder City, California-based Sempra Generation is coming back to Southern Nevada with even bigger plans.

The company announced plans Thursday to build a 150-megawatt solar energy plant on 1,100 acres in the El Dorado Valley in Boulder City. The new installation, dubbed Copper Mountain Solar 2, will produce nearly triple the amount of electricity generated at the nearby photovoltaic plant Copper Mountain Solar 1, which was opened in 2010.

Las Vegas Sun, 8/5/11 - The Senate approved legislation Friday ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, clearing the way for thousands of employees to return to work and hundreds of airport construction projects to resume.

Employing the so-called "unanimous consent" procedure which took less than 30 seconds, two senators were present to approve a House-passed bill extending FAA's operating authority through mid-September. The remaining members of Congress began their August recess earlier this week.

UNLV Rebel Yell, 7/25/11- The Center for Urban Horticulture and Water Conservation celebrated the completion of its new facilities by displaying them for visitors on June 23.

Among the improvements made to the center were access to municipal electricity and water, permanent restroom facilities, a new greenhouse, a workshop, fencing and an outdoor educational area.

Lahontan Valley News, 7/21/11 - For the first time, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will bring together industry and government leaders from both the state and national level for the GEA National Geothermal Summit to talk about geothermal energy and some of the key opportunities and challenges to its success and growth.

The summit will take place on Aug. 16-17 at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno.

Reno News & Review, 7/21/11 - Richard Bryan no longer remembers where he was or what he was doing when he heard the news.

For years, Bryan, as attorney general and governor, had been watching and fighting a proposal that Nevada and two other states compete for the dubious honor of being the site for a dump for high level nuclear waste.

Review-Journal, 7/19/11 - For the fourth straight year, Las Vegas will host the National Clean Energy Summit.

The confab is scheduled for Aug. 30 at Aria, and its theme will be "the future of energy."

Las Vegas Sun, 7/17/11 - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives pushed through a bill Friday that would provide $45 million to move ahead with the plan to turn Nevada into a dump for the nation’s high-level nuclear waste.

The issue has become an obsession for the nuclear industry’s supporters in Congress, who have been angered by President Barack Obama’s correct assessment that the plan is unworkable. Obama stopped work on the project, and a blue-ribbon commission is exploring other options for the nation’s nuclear waste.

KTVN, 7/5/11 -

Carson City Airport has been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant to continue work on a parallel taxiway.

Las Vegas Sun, 7/3/11 - A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia came to the right decision Friday by unanimously rejecting a lawsuit by two states that want to ship their high-level nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. South Carolina and Washington, with backing from the Nuclear Energy Institute, sued because they don’t like the fact the Energy Department wants to withdraw its license to build a permanent dump in the Nevada desert.

Review-Journal, 6/28/11 - Move over, Hoover Dam. You're not the only hydroelectric game in town, anymore.

Two hydropower projects in central and Northern Nevada are the first to receive federal stimulus loans under a program designed to spur development of hydroelectricity.

Lahontan Valley News, 6/21/11 - Equivalent in status to an individual soldier's Legion of Merit award, two Nevada Army Guard units were recently recognized for their extraordinary service with Meritorious Unit Commendations.

The 1st Squadron, 221st Armored Reconnaissance Cavalry was recently awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation here in a ceremony on Fritz Field at the National Training Center. The squadron is headquartered in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sun — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is hosting a home foreclosure prevention workshop in Reno.

The Nevada Democrat's staff will oversee the workshop Saturday at the Washoe County senior center in Reno.

Struggling homeowners will be able to discuss their options with housing counselors and lenders.

The goal of the workshop is to help homeowners save their properties.

Fox 5 News, 6/2/11 - Another solar energy plant project is ready to break ground in southern Nevada.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a conditional $45.6 million loan to help Spanish company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures break ground on a 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant 25 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6/3/11 - The Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $45.6 million loan guarantee to support a 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant going up 20 miles north of Las Vegas, officials said Thursday.

Las Vegas Sun, 6/3/11 - Stinging from a public rebuke over his plan to gut Medicare, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is still blaming Democrats for playing politics with the issue. Ryan, the House budget chief, has been griping about this since last month’s special election for a House seat in New York. His plan for Medicare had been a major issue in the race, which Republicans lost. It was their first loss in that district in four decades.

Las Vegas Sun, 8/4/11 - After building the country’s largest photovoltaic power plant in Boulder City, California-based Sempra Generation is coming back to Southern Nevada with even bigger plans.

The company announced plans Thursday to build a 150-megawatt solar energy plant on 1,100 acres in the El Dorado Valley in Boulder City. The new installation, dubbed Copper Mountain Solar 2, will produce nearly triple the amount of electricity generated at the nearby photovoltaic plant Copper Mountain Solar 1, which was opened in 2010.

Las Vegas Sun, 8/5/11 - The Senate approved legislation Friday ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, clearing the way for thousands of employees to return to work and hundreds of airport construction projects to resume.

Employing the so-called "unanimous consent" procedure which took less than 30 seconds, two senators were present to approve a House-passed bill extending FAA's operating authority through mid-September. The remaining members of Congress began their August recess earlier this week.

UNLV Rebel Yell, 7/25/11- The Center for Urban Horticulture and Water Conservation celebrated the completion of its new facilities by displaying them for visitors on June 23.

Among the improvements made to the center were access to municipal electricity and water, permanent restroom facilities, a new greenhouse, a workshop, fencing and an outdoor educational area.

Lahontan Valley News, 7/21/11 - For the first time, the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) will bring together industry and government leaders from both the state and national level for the GEA National Geothermal Summit to talk about geothermal energy and some of the key opportunities and challenges to its success and growth.

The summit will take place on Aug. 16-17 at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno.

Reno News & Review, 7/21/11 - Richard Bryan no longer remembers where he was or what he was doing when he heard the news.

For years, Bryan, as attorney general and governor, had been watching and fighting a proposal that Nevada and two other states compete for the dubious honor of being the site for a dump for high level nuclear waste.

Review-Journal, 7/19/11 - For the fourth straight year, Las Vegas will host the National Clean Energy Summit.

The confab is scheduled for Aug. 30 at Aria, and its theme will be "the future of energy."

Las Vegas Sun, 7/17/11 - Republican leaders in the House of Representatives pushed through a bill Friday that would provide $45 million to move ahead with the plan to turn Nevada into a dump for the nation’s high-level nuclear waste.

The issue has become an obsession for the nuclear industry’s supporters in Congress, who have been angered by President Barack Obama’s correct assessment that the plan is unworkable. Obama stopped work on the project, and a blue-ribbon commission is exploring other options for the nation’s nuclear waste.

KTVN, 7/5/11 -

Carson City Airport has been awarded a $1.3 million federal grant to continue work on a parallel taxiway.

Las Vegas Sun, 7/3/11 - A three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia came to the right decision Friday by unanimously rejecting a lawsuit by two states that want to ship their high-level nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. South Carolina and Washington, with backing from the Nuclear Energy Institute, sued because they don’t like the fact the Energy Department wants to withdraw its license to build a permanent dump in the Nevada desert.

Review-Journal, 6/28/11 - Move over, Hoover Dam. You're not the only hydroelectric game in town, anymore.

Two hydropower projects in central and Northern Nevada are the first to receive federal stimulus loans under a program designed to spur development of hydroelectricity.

Lahontan Valley News, 6/21/11 - Equivalent in status to an individual soldier's Legion of Merit award, two Nevada Army Guard units were recently recognized for their extraordinary service with Meritorious Unit Commendations.

The 1st Squadron, 221st Armored Reconnaissance Cavalry was recently awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation here in a ceremony on Fritz Field at the National Training Center. The squadron is headquartered in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sun — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is hosting a home foreclosure prevention workshop in Reno.

The Nevada Democrat's staff will oversee the workshop Saturday at the Washoe County senior center in Reno.

Struggling homeowners will be able to discuss their options with housing counselors and lenders.

The goal of the workshop is to help homeowners save their properties.

Fox 5 News, 6/2/11 - Another solar energy plant project is ready to break ground in southern Nevada.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a conditional $45.6 million loan to help Spanish company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures break ground on a 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant 25 miles northeast of Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Review-Journal, 6/3/11 - The Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $45.6 million loan guarantee to support a 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant going up 20 miles north of Las Vegas, officials said Thursday.

Las Vegas Sun, 6/3/11 - Stinging from a public rebuke over his plan to gut Medicare, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is still blaming Democrats for playing politics with the issue. Ryan, the House budget chief, has been griping about this since last month’s special election for a House seat in New York. His plan for Medicare had been a major issue in the race, which Republicans lost. It was their first loss in that district in four decades.