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By: Dana Gentry – May 1, 2025 5:00 am https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/05/01/citizen-groups-pan-business-interests-praise-proposed-rate-process-for-southwest-gas A bill before state lawmakers would allow Southwest Gas and other natural gas utilities in the state to ask the Public Utilities Commission to depart from traditional rate-setting in favor of alternative rate-making, a policy shift that could pose a cost burden to customers, according to opponents.  Southwest […]

EHN Curators Apr 23, 2025 As Nevada faces record-breaking heat and worsening air quality, residents and advocates are urging lawmakers to pass environmental justice legislation aimed at protecting vulnerable communities from climate-related health threats. Jeniffer Solis reports for the Nevada Current. https://www.ehn.org/nevada-residents-press-lawmakers-to-act-on-deadly-heat-and-air-quality-risks In short: Key quote: “There isn’t any shade, there aren’t any benches, there’s no trees. Imagine […]

By: Jeniffer Solis – Monday April 21, 2025 5:30 am Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition holds press conference on April 8, environmental justice lobby day, at the Nevada Legislature. (Photo: Jeniffer Solis/Nevada Current) https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/04/21/record-temperatures-prompt-trio-of-heat-mitigation-bills As temperatures soared past 100 degrees in early October, Yajaira Rimendes, a 35-year-old former nurse, started to feel faint at a bus stop in North […]

By:Nevada Current Date: April 11, 2025 by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Data on households in Nevada facing power or gas shut offs due to nonpayment amid scorching summers and frigid winters is largely unknown. That could change under a bill that would require utilities to report on a quarterly basis the number of disconnections due […]

Smoke from California wildfires obscures the view of air traffic control tower at Harry Reid International Airport Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Photo by: Steve Marcus By Ilana Williams (contact) Monday, April 7, 2025 | 2 a.m. Editor’s note: Este artículo está traducido al espanol. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/apr/07/nevada-lawmakers-consider-bill-to-protect-workers A proposal before the Nevada Legislature aims to establish protections for outdoor workers during […]

By Grace Da Rocha (contact) Tuesday, March 4, 2025 | 8:06 p.m. https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/mar/04/lawmakers-present-bill-to-explore-public-rail-syst Transit labor unions, environmental organizations and citizens across Nevada shared their support Tuesday night for Assembly Bill 256, which aims to take the first steps to possibly bring public rail systems to Nevada’s largest counties.  If passed, AB 256 would direct the Legislative Commission […]

By: Jeniffer Solis – January 24, 2025 5:00 am https://nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/24/nv-lawmakers-vow-to-target-power-bills-heat-island-effect-and-extreme-workplace-heat With the start of the Nevada Legislature coming up Feb. 3, lawmakers are working on measures to address the toll of climate change on Nevada’s public health, economy, and workforce. Several lawmakers have submitted bill draft requests this session focused on protecting Nevadans from the growing impacts of […]

By Alan Halaly, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Tribune Content Agency Updated February 18, 2025 9:31 PM https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/nation-world/national/article300554924.html LAS VEGAS – The nation’s two fastest-warming cities may soon be required by Nevada law to better protect residents from deadly heat in future plans. More than a dozen organizations and Nevada residents attended a committee hearing to […]