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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…
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 Goshute tribes are actively trying to upend.
The Bureau of…
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…
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…
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 ground for Western Shoshone and Goshute people. As they have…
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 where billions of dollars flow into government coffers to pay…
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 Conservation Act, legislation that will increase demands on the water…
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 application for Utah’s first major lithium mine on the Green…
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 that eats itself, the Western growth machine just won’t quit…
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 overhaul who engages and how in water rights proceedings. …
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 of river advocates and residents acted to unwind the Utah…
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 water in White Pine County.
Ely, NV –– A coalition…
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 foiled by a radioactive waste site. The Utah State Engineer…