Great Basin Water Network and Living Rivers released the following statements after the Bureau of Reclamation shared snapshots of the Alternatives relating to the upcoming Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)…
In the effort to demand accountability from regulators, the White Pine County Commission is sending the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission a major message on the pumped storage project jeopardizing the…
The lawsuit asks important questions about regulating deep groundwater drilling along the banks of a major river. As companies push to meet the demands of the green energy transition, the…
As tribal elders, we write this out of exhaustion and frustration.
Federal officials are not done targeting Bahsahwahbee as an industrial zone, continuing a decades-long trend that Western Shoshone and…
There are no shibboleths in an era of drought and aridity. And the Nevada Legislature is taking note. In the 2025 legislative session, state lawmakers will consider a proposal GBWN…
When GBWN engages in a project, we don't invest haphazardly. And our work analyzing and scrutinizing the multi-billion-dollar White Pine Waterpower proposal from rPlus Hydro is no exception.
This project would…
It just wouldn't feel like August if federal officials weren't bracing us for more water cuts —triggered by federal projections of reservoir elevations — for the Lower Basin at Lake…
Spring Valley, NV — Delaine and Rick Spilsbury have no vendettas — just a desire for recognition and reconciliation at Bahsahwahbee, a sacred gathering area and massacre site that’s hallowed…
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…