The federal government allows only one state in the west to profit from public land sales, and it happens to be the driest: Nevada. The policy’s legacy is one…
Today the Great Basin Water Network and Center for Biological Diversity released the following statements after Senator Cortez Masto introduced the latest version of the Southern Nevada Economic Development and…
GREEN RIVER — A coalition of Colorado River Basin advocates released the following statements after the Utah State Engineer granted its request for reconsideration on a water rights…
As the push for more pipelines and sprawl in Vegas continues, we must ask: Is this the right time to take more water from Lake Mead?
Like the ouroboros snake…
Unearthed documents reviewed by GBWN expose an animosity toward public interest provisions in the law that protect communities and ecosystems. Powerful interests are working behind the scenes on proposals to…
The request for reconsideration follows the Utah State Engineer's granting of a major water permit for the unprecedented mine on May 1. GREEN RIVER — This week a coalition…
Billboard on Highway 93 north of Ely highlights that Salt Lake City Developers are looking to profit from Nevada's water, land, and special places, spurring the fight over energy and…
A recent approval from the Utah State Engineer raises questions about permitting a mine near a radioactive site with contaminated groundwater.
Utah’s love of lithium will not be…
The problems on the Colorado River go well beyond the generalized notions of drought and aridity.
We are dealing with 20th Century infrastructure in a 21st Century climate.
Nevertheless, powerful entities are…
Bureau’s Colorado River Experiment Demonstrates Magnitude of Water Crisis at Glen Canyon Dam Archaic Design of Glen Canyon Dam Plumbing jeopardizes water supply for 30 million people in California,…
Anson Resources, a company vying to mine lithium from deep brines in the Colorado River Basin, had a major test well failure this week.
On March 8, reports emerged from Green…
Anson Resources, a company vying to mine lithium from deep brines in the Colorado River Basin, had a major test well failure this week.
On March 8, reports emerged from Green…
Things are heating up with the White Pine County Pumped Storage Project that we’ve been working to oppose, and we need your support. In the coming weeks and months, we’re…
Near one of the last desert terminal lakes in the American West, water profiteers continue to scour the desert looking to gain.
As real estate developers, hedge funds, and tech bros…
Today the Great Basin Water Network and Living Rivers released the following statements after the Bureau of Reclamation published its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement For Near-Term Colorado River Operations (FEIS).…
We don’t know how else to say it, but the Utah Legislature is a beast of its own. As we approach the final hours of the 2024 session, it’s fair…
GBWN board members Delaine and Rick Spilsbury spent time with the Associated Press to discuss their family’s ties to the land, water, and history of the sacred site known as…
Another week under our belts in the Utah Legislature and we’ve got to say—it's tough out here for those of us who believe the best options for our water future…
The lithium rush is coming to the Colorado and Green Rivers. And we are engaging in the regulatory realm, responding as corporations file for permits in the Utah Division of…
Interested in learning more about what’s happened this legislative session for Great Salt Lake? Wondering what to expect over the next couple of weeks, and what it all means for…
