Nevada Senator Decides Not To Run in 2012

     NEVADA - Senator John Ensign announced that he would not seek re-election in 2012.  Ensign stated that he did not want to put his family through a re-election bid.  News articles can be found at Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada won't seek reelection and GOP Sen. Ensign says he won't seek re-election.

No Worries - BLM Says Transmission Line Is Safe

     NEVADA - KTVN has the report that begins BLM says proposed Nevada transmission line safe that begins "The Bureau of Land Management says a proposed 236-mile transmission line connecting Las Vegas to northeastern Nevada could displace some wildlife, but overall will not have signficant environmental consequences."

Obama Still Says No To Yucca Mountain

     NEVADA - The Las Vegas Review-Journal has the article Obama tells governors he won't reconsider Yucca shutdown that begins "President Barack Obama told newly elected governors at a meeting Thursday he would not reconsider his decision to shut down the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site."

Elko and Lander Co. Alltel Customers Will Be AT&T Customers Nov. 21

     NEVADA - Marketwatch has a press release Alltel Customers in Parts of Nevada to Have Access to More Innovative Mobile Devices in Time for the Holiday Season that begins "Beginning Sunday, Nov. 21, more than 25,000 Alltel customers joining AT&T will see a change as AT&T expands its service in Nevada.(1) AT&T is rebranding Alltel to AT&T in Elko, Eureka, Lander, Lincoln and White Pine Counties and introducing AT&T's exciting lineup of products and services to these customers just in time for the holiday shopping season."

Gold Tops $1,400

     NATIONAL - The Wall Street Journal has the report Currency Concerns Send Gold Past $1,400/Oz that begins "Gold futures topped $1,400 for the first time amid uncertainty on the outcome of Group of 20 currency talks and renewed worries about sovereign debt in Europe."

Water Level at Lake Mead Continues to Lower

     NEVADA - The Arizona Republic has the article Drought has Lake Mead at historic low that begins "The advice given to boaters here these days - "If you haven't been to Lake Mead lately, you haven't been to Lake Mead" - sounds like a marketing slogan dreamed up to lure return business.  Except in this case the advice is true."

Transmission Line Construction Begins

     NEVADA - The Ely Times has the article Construction begins on 500-kilovolt ON Line that begins "It was a ground-breaking for what utility officials say is a ground-breaking project."

Reid “intends to steal this election"

     NEVADA - Politico has the report Sharron Angle camp: Harry Reid 'intends to steal' election that begins "Nevada GOP Senate nominee Sharron Angle’s campaign attorney wrote a fundraising letter to supporters on Tuesday, charging that Democrat Harry Reid “intends to steal this election."

Lake Mead to Dry Up?

     NEVADA - A video report on Lake Mead.

US Invests 135M in Transmission Line Project

     NEVADA - Govmonitor has the report U.S. To Invest $350 Million In One Nevada Transmission Line Project that begins "The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $350 million loan guarantee to develop the One Nevada Transmission Line (ON Line), the first transmission line project to be offered a conditional commitment by the Loan Programs Office of the Department of Energy."

Lake Mead at Record Lows

     NEVADA - Time has the article Water: Lake Mead Is at Record Low Levels. Is the Southwest Drying Up? that begins "The Hoover Dam may be the Eighth Wonder of the World, but to me the more impressive achievement has always been Lake Mead, the man-made reservoir—which can contain nearly 10 trillion gallons of water—that the dam holds back."

Sharron and Harry, One-on-One Tonight

     NEVADA - Sharron Angle and Harry Reid will hold their first and only senatorial debate tonight at 6 o'clock in Las Vegas.  Check local television listing to view the debate.

Yucca Mountain Remains in Limbo

     NEVADA - The Nevada News Bureau has the article Work Stoppage On Yucca Mountain Review Not The End Of Nuclear Waste Project, State Official Says that begins "Nevada remains in limbo over the status of Yucca Mountain as a potential repository for the nation’s nuclear waste even with a work stoppage on the project review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission due to funding limitations, a state official says."

FERC Denies Rehearing On Pipeline Decision

     NEVADA - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied the request for rehearing by the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Defenders of Wildlife, the Toiyabe Chapter of the Sierra Club, and Center for Biological Diversity who challenged FERC's environmental analysis and compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act.

NRC Chairman Halts Review of Yucca

     NEVADA - The Las Vegas Review-Journal has the article Yucca project review halted that begins "The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tossed water on the embers of the Yucca Mountain project this week, directing agency scientists to halt a formal review of the nuclear waste site."

Pipeline and Transmission Line Key To Clean Energy Growth

     NEVADA - The Reno Gazette Journal has the article Infrastructure key to Nevada's clean energy growth the reports "Two projects, the Ruby Pipeline and the North-South Nevada Transmission Line, are key to the state's ability to both create more renewable energy at home and utilize cleaner resources available nearby."

Agreement on Transmission Line Build

     NEVADA - Power Magazine has the report NV Energy, LS Power Prepare to Build 500-kV Nev. Transmission Line that begins "Nevada’s NV Energy and LS Power subsidiary Great Basin Transmission on Aug. 23 definitively agreed to jointly build and own a 500-kV transmission line."  A press release can be found here.

Declining Water Levels Worries Las Vegas, Southwest

     NEVADA - The New York Times has the article Water Use in Southwest Heads for a Day of Reckoning that begins "A once-unthinkable day is looming on the Colorado River. Barring a sudden end to the Southwest’s 11-year drought, the distribution of the river’s dwindling bounty is likely to be reordered as early as next year because the flow of water cannot keep pace with the region’s demands."

Education Task Force Launches Website

     NEVADA - The State of Nevada's Education Reform Blue Ribbon Task Force launched a new website Nevada Promises to help with solving the education problems facing the State such as the lowest graduation rate in the nation and half of high school students failing to graduate high school.

Ruby Pipeline Faces Another Court Hurdle

     NEVADA - ABC News has the report Groups Mount New Challenge to Ruby Pipeline Plan that begins "Environmental groups are again asking a federal appeals court to stop a plan to build a $3 billion natural gas pipeline from Wyoming to Oregon."