About half of California’s 30 million acres of farm and ranchland is covered by Williamson Act contracts. Renewable advocates say it’s a no-brainer to seed solar farms onto fallowed ground, and the proposal has precedent.
Rescinding of federally allocated funds and boosting of fossil fuels are centered in the Trump administration’s initial executive orders.
Exploring the potential downstream effect from California producers to Nevada consumers
Collaboration supports and fuels reporting on challenges marginalized people face in rural America.
Because of an 1872 law, miners get a free pass on paying taxes while mining federal land.
An investigation from the Howard Center at Arizona State University uncovered the coming electric battery revolution in America will require billions upon billions of gallons of water to mine lithium. Many of the new U.S. mines will be located in the drought-prone American West.
An energy gap might appear imminent, but this week Dave Marston challenges that perspective in conversation with Amory Lovins, the 76-year-old co-founder of RMI. Renowned for his work on energy efficiency since the 1970s, Lovins emphasizes that improving efficiency can cut energy use by 50% to 80%. Changes in building structures, demand-response strategies, and more effective use of renewables, Lovins argues, could help close the gap.
Proposed Vanadium Mine in Eureka County to be First Primary Ground Source in U.S.
A Virginia-based power company sold its coal ash to local governments and contractors in Puerto Rico as a cheap material for road construction. Almost two decades later, dust and runoff from this coal ash continues to spread toxic and radioactive pollution in rural communities along the island’s south coast.
The planned Thacker Pass lithium mining project in northern Nevada is hoping to provide the lithium needed to fuel the green energy transition. While the company has done its own outreach, regional tribes say they weren’t properly consulted by the government.
