Data centers are grabbing lots of headlines. And for good reason. The necessary cooling sucks up lots of water. The energy demands are hefty. The power necessary to sustain them requires large amounts of natural gas — which is a…
Keep a close eye on these bills working their way through the statehouses in the nation's driest states. In Nevada, watch AB109, AB134, AB9 and AB104. These are the efforts that will focus on conserving and protecting the…
During the first few days of the new Administration, policy wonks across all sectors read the spate of Executive Orders with varying degrees of confusion, outrage, joy, indifference, or uncertainty. For actions related to energy, there were two major orders…
Last week we were informed at a meeting of the Great Salt Lake Advisory Council that a lithium pilot project proposed by the company Waterleaf now has regulator approval from the Utah Division of Fire Forestry and Sovereign Lands. The recent…
Nevada Senator Catherine Cortez Masto tried again and failed in 2024. Her proposal to sell off tens of thousands of acres of desert around Las Vegas did not make it out of Congress and onto President Biden’s desk.
This legislation inevitably…
Legislative proposals are starting to trickle out for public view. But proposed language is not yet available for all bills that will be up for debate in Nevada and Utah — where sessions begin February 3rd and January 21st, respectively.
In…
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We are preparing for that special time of year when state lawmakers convene to do the business of the people in capitol complexes across the west. A cynic would say that this time of year merely implies that politicians…
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The moral high ground is a crowded place these days. Most people want to believe they are taking a stand for the right thing. In an era where companies, politicians, lobbyists and others are promising…
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This week we participated in the Third Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit with dear friends from across the region. In partnership with the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, Friends of the Inyo, and…
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) on the post-2026 operations for reservoir management at Lakes Mead…
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 future of an Eastern Nevada community. In a letter to…
Will Warren Buffett's power company in Nevada ultimately charge ratepayers for the rPlus boondoggle? See the placeholder section in the document below.
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 effort ensures accountability for our communities — plant, animal and…
Ely Shoshone Tribal Elders and GBWN Board Members, Delaine and Rick Spilsbury, at Bahsahwahbee.
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…
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 put forth to modernize use-it-or-lose-it provisions that have long guided water…
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 pump billions of gallons of groundwater uphill, likely with fossil…
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 Mead. Annual reductions, announced in mid-August, are baked into the…