Unemployment in Clark County climbed to 7.1 percent in August, its highest mark this year with an estimated 70,990 people jobless. Statewide, the unemployment rate also was 7.1 percent during the month, a 23-year high. The state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported today that it expects the number of workers this year to fall by [...] [...more]
The developer of the new plant, Nevada Geothermal Power, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Nevada Power. The state’s two major electric companies also have contracts for seven other geothermal projects in various stages of construction and development, which will eventually produce 288 megawatts of power, enough for more than 200,000 homes. Already, about [...] [...more]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was supposed to leave last week’s National Clean Energy Summit with a plan, one that he and other politicians could take to the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Experts from across the country converged on Las Vegas armed with a variety of plans, so Reid instead left with dozens of ideas, [...] [...more]
It’s remarkable these days to drive around the Las Vegas Valley and see few, if any, homes being built. It’s even more remarkable to consider why this could be a good thing. For more than a decade, builders came here equipped with just-add-cement kits that in a few months helped cover acre upon acre of desert [...] [...more]
