“Nowadays, we’re confronted with so much climate despair and bad news that it’s really easy to feel powerless. This is one way you can help and be involved.” @reviewjournal.com www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

🧵: You may have first heard of Nevada's Thacker Pass lithium mine when Native Americans and enviros hosted a prayer camp at the site in protest about four years ago. Today, these conflicts endure. Read @reviewjournal.com's six-part series about the mine at lvrj.com/thackerpass.

All roads lead to Thacker Pass to solidify Nevada as the country’s leader in supplying domestic lithium batteries. In Alan Halaly's six-part series, hear from frontline Nevada communities that are bearing the brunt of the country’s clean energy future. FULL SERIES→ reviewjournal.com/thackerpass 

Before #CRWUA, it's worth reading some musings from Nevada's retired “water witch” on the frustrating stalemate between Colorado River states. Pat Mulroy is one of a handful in the water world who has been in the room where it happens @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

It’s #CRWUA week in Las Vegas! The seven Colorado River states are set to speak on a joint panel Thursday, and the Bureau of Reclamation will give a negotiation update on Wednesday. Stay tuned @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

What happened — and what didn’t — on Colorado River deadline day today. Story @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

NEW: Competing visions abound for the desert town of Beatty, where any development can impact the Amargosa River. Mining, dev and water have seemingly collided: @reviewjournal.com: reviewjournal.com/news/environment/he-had-big-ambitions-for-this-southern-nevada-town-then-the-river-ran-dry-3466090/

ICYMI: Ted Cooke, the AZ official meant to lead Colorado River negotiations, spoke on the record about how his nomination for Reclamation commissioner was canceled — at the height of division between states, with time running out for a deal @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

A wonky water story for your Thursday. At issue in the case: Can the country’s only active lithium mine hold on to its full water rights without using all of them? Nevada’s “use-it-or-lose-it” water law provision in play @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/environ...

Important work is underway at @driscience.bsky.social, filling a gap in Nevada government as a small team of researchers “own” the urban heat issue and guide policy. Does Nevada need a dedicated government office for extreme heat? Story @reviewjournal.com www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

In records obtained @reviewjournal.com, we see how enforcement of Nevada OSHA's new worker protections from heat is playing out. Nevada's rule, which doesn't include any temperature triggers, is being floated in federal rulemaking sessions right now. www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Thank you @alanhalaly.bsky.social @reviewjournal.com for covering the potential devastation to a rare plant population in the path of the Greenlink West Transmission Line. My student, Chloe Novak has been collecting data to shed light on this issue. www.reviewjournal.com/business/ene...

Great primer to tree inequity in Las Vegas from our @reviewjournal.com intern @finnegan-belleau.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-hi...

Quick trip to @unevadareno.bsky.social for the first-ever Northern Nevada Heat Summit. Reno is America’s fastest-warming city, and officials are paying attention. Story @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Gov. Joe Lombardo signs a bill requiring big cities and counties to create heat mitigation plans, reversing course from a 2023 veto. Following this story today @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Melissa Gallia, suffering from alcohol withdrawals, passed out and died after discharge from Sunrise Hospital, one story of the 527 people who died last year because of the heat in Clark County. The family is seeking monetary damages @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

In the state with the nation’s two fastest-warming cities, most believe in climate change and think officials should do something, polling from @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social found. Story @reviewjournal.com, with input from UNR and @debrahendrickson.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Is a GOP public lands sale a thinly veiled attempt at building a Lake Powell pipeline for Southern Utah? No, according to the head of a water district — but critics say nothing would stop the agency from changing its mind. Story @reviewjournal.com: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Chatted with @alanhalaly.bsky.social for @reviewjournal.com about the @nrdc.org petition for strengthened federal administration of “beneficial use” in the #ColoradoRiver. www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Friends — I’m heading to my first @sejorg.bsky.social conference ever this week in Tempe! I’m game to connect, especially so if you have ideas for stories you’d like to see better covered in Nevada and the Colorado River Basin. #SEJ2025

More science shows Nevada is ground zero when it comes to climate change. Here’s what to know about @climatecentral.org’s updated data, with input from Las Vegas, Reno and @unevadareno.bsky.social’s State Climate Office. Story @reviewjournal.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

Here’s yet another installment of the Ash Meadows-lithium mining saga. Open questions remain: Will Trump’s BLM allow a mineral withdrawal under his “drill, baby, drill” promise for public land? The update you may have been wondering about is here: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

“If you don’t care about anyone else, think about how it’s going to affect you,” said a federal biologist when asked about those celebrating the firings of employees. Southern Nevadans speak out after being fired from federal posts @reviewjournal.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Breaking: The BLM announced it would grant a mineral withdrawal around Amargosa Valley/Ash Meadows — something long fought for as lithium exploration potentially threatens the water table in one of the driest regions of the country @reviewjournal.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

So apparently #CRWUA was a sh!t show this year, as far as solutions to the water crisis go. @alanhalaly.bsky.social and KUNC's Alex Hager break it down knpr.org/show/knprs-s...

What became clear at #CRWUA2024 is just how far apart the Upper and Lower Basins are from agreeing on how to manage the Colorado River past 2026. It’s rare for the seven states to decline to meet at the conference @reviewjournal.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

A busy day for all water wonks at #CRWUA2024 yesterday. One major takeaway so far: A Supreme Court case isn’t out of the question, but pretty much everyone agrees it’s better to solve the current river dispute out of court. Details @reviewjournal.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Excited to nerd out at #CRWUA2024 this week! Here’s some background on why it matters @reviewjournal.bsky.social. Let’s connect — feel free to pitch me story ideas about water in the West! www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

Powerful reporting from @reviewjournal.bsky.social on the deadly toll of extreme heat, which killed at least 400 people in Las Vegas this year and sent at least 4,000 people to emergency rooms across Nevada -- undercounts that keep rising with global warming: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

ICYMI: In print this morning, the third entry of “A fatal forecast.” It centers around a tricky question: Is Las Vegas doing enough to prevent heat-related deaths? @DRIScience.bsky.social has become a hub for local government and experts to work on solutions: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

Big news out of Nevada today on urban heat. Story @reviewjournal.bsky.social: www.reviewjournal.com/news/politic...

ICYMI: Heat is a killer in Las Vegas, especially after what was the warmest summer on record. In “A Fatal Forecast,” @katiefutterman.bsky.social and I spoke to families of people who died as a result of heat in one of the fastest-warming metros in the U.S.: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

I worked with @alanhalaly.bsky.social and Rachel Aston to tell the stories of 3 of the over 400 people who died from Las Vegas’ summer heat. Read it here: www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-...

Hello! I’m Alan Halaly, the environmental journalist at @reviewjournal.bsky.social in Las Vegas. I moved from Florida about a year ago and have since fallen in love with the Mojave Desert, Great Basin and the stories hidden within them. Follow along here! www.reviewjournal.com/staff/alan-h...