Need For Pro Bono Attorney In Water Case Questioned
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) recently received a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to hire lawyers to provide pro bono legal…
Horsford Defense Local Water Source
Mesquite, Nev. — On Tuesday, November 26, 2019, Congressman Steven Horsford (NV-04) wrote a letter to the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada to oppose an impending oil and gas…
Fracking Earthquakes
Hydraulic fracturing works by mixing available water [i] with ‘fracking fluid and injecting the mix, under high pressure, to make thousands of extremely small 'micro-earthquakes' in deep well holes. These…
Beneficial Use of Fracking Water Considered
Oil and gas companies are increasingly treating and reusing flow-back water from fracked wells, which, unlike freshwater, is very high in salt, with good results. The practice scales down the…
Mesquite (NV) Local News “Reporter” Stirs Cauldron of Deceit
Barbara Ellestad’s November 20th article claiming that Judge Timothy Williams has ruled against the owners of the Wolf Creek Golf Course three times is, as usual, disingenuous and cynical. Ellestad…
Water For Fracking in Nevada’s Great Basin Identified
At least nine of fourteen aquifers in Nevada's Great Basin would likely provide water should natural gas fracking occur on federal lands in Nevada’s Great Basin where their exists oil…
Fracking For Nevada’s Natural Gas
Currently, Nevada lacks even marginal gas reserves, and only a limited amount of natural gas is produced.[i] According to the Nevada Commission on Mineral Resources, there were five hydraulically fractured…
Fracking in Nevada’s Great Basin Inevitable
It is only a matter of time until portions of the Great Basin in Nevada are open to fracking. Federal taxpayers own significant oil and natural gas reserves on federal…
Declarations From Water Board Attorney Disputed
Last month, Mesquite Nevada attorney Clifford Gravett stood before Las Vegas (NV) District Judge Timothy Williams to defend his boss Jedediah (Bo) Bingham from charges that he had engaged in…
SNWA Water Grab Hearing Set
Ely, NV. Senior District t Court Judge Robert Estes will hear the next round of arguments concerning the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA’s) desire to pump hundreds of thousands of…
