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Rand Paul: No government involvement in gaming, no fears of radiation at Yucca, no governor should have expanded Medicaid
Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/17/2015 - 4:57pmActing presidential candidate Rand Paul argued Saturday that the government should “not be involved” in legalized gaming, obliquely criticized Gov. Brian Sandoval for expanding Medicaid and claimed he is “of two minds” on a Nevada nuclear waste dump but is “not afraid of radiation in a mountain.”...
Nevada Panel Advances $1.4 Million to Battle Yucca Mountain
Submitted by editor on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 7:07amCARSON CITY — A state panel on Tuesday approved nearly $1.4 million to continue Nevada’s fight against Yucca Mountain despite the nuclear waste repository project being described by one official as “the walking dead.”
Don Q's Nevada and Northern California fishing report for May 14-21
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Wed, 05/14/2014 - 9:29amHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of May 14-21, 2014.
To celebrate newly expanded schedules, all seven Nevada State Museums are free July 20
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 07/18/2013 - 12:40pmAll seven Nevada State museums will offer free admission Saturday, July 20, to celebrate newly expanded schedules. Train rides at the railroad museum in Carson City and Boulder City will be half price.
Additional details for Nevada Museums Summer 2013:
• Public invited to Rediscover Your Nevada Museums
• The Division of Museums and History announces additional days and hours of service for the public at all seven museums in the system.
Don Q's fishing report for week of July 17-23
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 07/16/2013 - 11:05pmHere is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and stream in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of July 17-23. Be sure to pack sunscreen, plenty of cold beverages and your fishing license.
Legislative Panel Gets Update On Yucca Mountain, Takes No Action To Deviate From Long-Term Opposition To Project
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Tue, 08/21/2012 - 5:16pmCARSON CITY – The potential viability of Yucca Mountain as a long-term repository for nuclear waste was the focus of yet another discussion in Nevada today as lawmakers serving on the Legislative Committee on High-Level Radioactive Waste heard status reports on the now defunded project.
U.S. Sen. Dean Heller Calls On Congress To Continue Defunding Of Yucca Mountain
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Tue, 04/24/2012 - 1:43pmCARSON CITY – U.S. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., today sent a letter to the chairmen and ranking members of both the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations asking them to continue defunding the proposed high level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Gov. Sandoval Says Nevada Does Not Want Nuclear Waste, But New Poll Shows Support For Research Facility
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 3:15pmCARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval sent a letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today making it clear that he does not support any type of nuclear waste disposal or interim storage at Yucca Mountain.
Former Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan Calls Rep. Mark Amodei’s Remarks On Yucca Mountain “Unfortunate”
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 02/16/2012 - 4:37pmCARSON CITY – Former U.S. Sen. and Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan today described Rep. Mark Amodei’s recent comments about Yucca Mountain not being dead as a site to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste was as “unfortunate.”
Controversy Over State Use Of Outside Legal Counsel Expands To Robo-Signing Lawsuit
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 02/02/2012 - 10:49amCARSON CITY – When state Sen. Greg Brower asked the Attorney General’s office earlier this month about the $6 million in outside legal costs incurred so far in defending the state in a freeway construction dispute, he said his motives were purely fiscal in nature.
Guy W. Farmer: Republican candidates oppose Yucca dump
Submitted by admin on Sun, 10/30/2011 - 4:00amAlthough some Nevada Republicans think it would be a good idea to dump nearly 80,000 tons of highly toxic nuclear waste on our state, three leading GOP presidential candidates who addressed the iss...
Draft Plan For Future Of Former Nevada Test Site Questioned At DOE Public Hearing
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 2:00amCARSON CITY – Speakers at the fifth and final public hearing to comment on a draft environmental statement that seeks to map the future of the former Nevada Test Site expressed a variety of concerns Wednesday, including a failure to adequately address contamination of groundwater at the site.
Another concern focused on an indication in the document for what is now called the Nevada National Security Site that a previous agreement with the state of Nevada to avoid metropolitan areas in the transportation of low-level radioactive waste to the site for burial will be abandoned.
Yucca Mountain Is Dead Again
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Sat, 09/10/2011 - 3:09pmIn a long awaited ruling, the federal nuclear safety agency has said Nevada can close down Yucca Mountain once and for all.
The Obama administration had asked Congress to zero out the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) work on Yucca as a follow up to the prior termination of funding at the Department of Energy (DOE) project. The NRC has directed that all project casework be wrapped up by the end of the month.
Halstead to head nuclear projects agency
Submitted by admin on Sat, 08/06/2011 - 4:01amRobert Halstead has been named director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects.That agency is responsible for fighting the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear dump in southern Nevada.Halstead replac...
Gov. Sandoval Appoints New Executive Director To Oversee Stalled Yucca Mountain Waste Dump Project
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 08/04/2011 - 12:43pmCARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today appointed Robert Halstead as executive director of the Agency for Nuclear Projects, the agency responsible for oversight of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. He will start in the job Sept. 19.
Halstead will replace Joe Strolin, who has been serving as acting director since January.
Despite efforts to revive it, Reid says Yucca Mountain is dead
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/16/2011 - 4:01amSen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Wednesday the effort by House Republicans to revive the Yucca Mountain project are going nowhere.And as majority leader of the U.S. Senate, he has considerable say ove...
Joseph C. Strolin: Yucca Mountain is no pot of gold
Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 4:01amI have a great deal of respect for Tyrus Cobb and his long service to the country. But I have to respectfully disagree with his championing of the proposed Yucca Mountain project. As someone who ha...
Heller, Berkley say Yucca Mountain backers should move on
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Thu, 05/05/2011 - 4:01amBoth Democrat Shelley Berkley and Republican Dean Heller today called on their fellow House members to drop the push to resurrect the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump project.President Obama, keeping a ...
Yucca backers among protesters of Obama Reno visit
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 4:01amRENO - Backers of a broad proposal to expand a nuclear-waste dump site in Nevada criticized the Obama administration Thursday for paying lip service to the nuclear industry while ignoring the ne...
President Obama Touts Renewable Energy In Reno Visit
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 2:55pmBy Andrew Doughman
RENO – President Barack Obama highlighted Nevada’s renewable energy sector today with a visit to the heat-to-energy company ElectraTherm, in northern Nevada.
In front of a backdrop of “green machines” Obama touted plans to end $4 billion in subsidies for oil companies in favor of providing incentives for renewable energy companies.
Nevada Rep. Berkley Stresses Education, Alternative Energy In Remarks To Lawmakers
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Wed, 04/20/2011 - 8:19pmCARSON CITY – Recently announced U.S. Senate candidate Shelley Berkley spoke to the Nevada Legislature today, stressing education, infrastructure and energy independence as ways to create jobs and get the state back on track.
Likely GOP Presidential Candidate Tim Pawlenty Talks About Gaming And Yucca Mountain In Vegas Visit
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Tue, 04/19/2011 - 8:48pmFormer Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, a Republican who is evaluating a run for president in 2012, said today he would be willing to reconsider whether Yucca Mountain is a suitable site for the long-term disposal of nuclear waste.
Guy W. Farmer: Japan's nuclear disaster and Yucca Mountain
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Sun, 04/17/2011 - 4:01amMy friend and fellow columnist Ty Cobb Sr. seems to think that the Japanese nuclear disaster makes the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump inevitable. I beg to differ, however, because I thi...
Richard Bryan: Yucca Mountain will not lessen spent fuel risks
Submitted by Carson Now Reader on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 4:00amNuclear industry spokespeople and some in Congress have been very vocal of late suggesting that the nuclear accident in Japan requires restarting the defunct Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository...
Nevada Group Wants Yucca Mountain Energy Park legislation
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 4:15pmBy Sean Whaley / Nevada News Bureau
CARSON CITY – An organization that wants to see Yucca Mountain used as a temporary nuclear waste storage site with a research center to explore reprocessing has proposed an amendment to a bill in the Legislature to move its Energy Park idea forward.
East Meets West: Haley Barbour Visits Nevada, Confirms Likely Presidential Run
Submitted by Nevada News Bureau on Tue, 03/22/2011 - 3:33pmBy Elizabeth Crum / Nevada News Bureau
Mississippi’s sixty-third governor today visited Nevada, a state which has been called “the Mississippi of the west”* because of its largely unskilled workforce and poor public education system.
U.S. Chamber Study Highlights National, Nevada Economic Losses Due To Stalled Energy Projects
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/10/2011 - 12:29pmCARSON CITY – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a first-of-its-kind economic study today identifying stalled energy projects – including 10 in Nevada – that are costing billions of dollars in lost gross domestic product.
The study says the delays are costing the state’s economy $66.9 billion in GDP and that 86,700 jobs a year could be created in Nevada during the construction phase of the projects.
Gov. Appoints New Director For Nuclear Agency
Submitted by admin on Thu, 01/20/2011 - 10:29amBy Andrew Doughman / Nevada News Bureau
Gov. Brian Sandoval has appointed a veteran administrator to keep up the fight against placing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Southern Nevada.
Joseph C. Strolin, formerly a planning division administrator for the Agency for Nuclear Projects, has agreed to be acting director of the agency until the governor can find a permanent director.
Nevada Officials Disappointed With Dismissal Of Yucca Mountain Legal Challenges
Submitted by admin on Wed, 12/15/2010 - 5:04pmCARSON CITY – Gov.-elect Brian Sandoval today said he is disappointed with an order from a Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel dismissing Nevada’s legal challenges to the high level nuclear waste repository proposed for Yucca Mountain.
Federal Appeals Court Allows Yucca Licensing Dispute To Move Forward
Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/10/2010 - 3:12pmCARSON CITY – A federal appeals court today lifted a stay on cases challenging the U.S. Department of Energy’s authority to withdraw its licensing application for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.