i cover water in the nation’s driest state for the las vegas review-journal. ex-floridian & UF alum. reach out ⏩️ ahalaly@reviewjournal.com.https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mu33z6c2a226Do people live without air conditioning in the nation's hottest desert? Yes, our @reviewjournal.com investigation out today has found, and it has led nearly a dozen people to their deaths: https://www.reviewjournal.com/investigations/thousands-live-in-clark-county-without-ac-for-some-its-a-death-sentence-3867022/27 Aug 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33z6c2a226https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mttcy755z22iSCOOP: Nevada water managers have sued the Trump admin over the final Colorado River operating plan that considers slashing its share up to 71 percent annually over the next 10 years. The day of litigation has arrived on the Colorado @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/devastating-cuts-nevada-is-first-state-to-file-suit-over-colorado-river-plan-386847624 Aug 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttcy755z22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3msy2udca322aSouthern Nevada Water Authority chief John Entsminger told reporters he continues to go to bat for Nevada behind the scenes following the release of a 10-year framework for Colorado River deal that drew the ire of the governor @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/the-crisis-is-now-nevada-stares-down-unprecedented-colorado-river-cuts-3862920/13 Aug 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msy2udca322ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3movqgrs3x22lWhile everyone agrees Glen Canyon Dam’s “river outlet works” shouldn’t be relied on to deliver water to 25 million people, water managers might not have a choice unless the federal government gets real about funding engineering solutions @reviewjournal.com https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/aging-dam-tubes-could-make-or-break-deliveries-to-lake-mead-do-they-work-3841251/?h=8c0027eb340818fc7f0757579f1e9ad1e34d6fb261da945e57884310fc1e275f&e=639177572219998358&gfs=auth0|65a6afdb447c3201e2d7f902&ga=true22 Jun 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3movqgrs3x22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mioncvbnpc2yIf this solar farm went through as proposed, it could come within a mile of Ash Meadows. Often described as the Galapagos of the Mojave Desert, the refuge is home to crystal blue pools with tiny fish found nowhere else in the world. Story @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/first-mining-threats-now-solar-could-a-small-town-make-ash-meadows-the-next-red-rock-3733683/04 Apr 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioncvbnpc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mhxwzdw2jc2gNevada lawmakers will likely consider guardrails for data centers in the 2027 legislative session. But are they too late to meaningfully regulate an industry that has exploded in the past 5 years? Story @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/the-data-center-tsunami-has-flooded-nevada-are-lawmakers-too-late-to-regulate-3729604/26 Mar 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxwzdw2jc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mhiuhcwctk26Data centers will be on the ballot this November in Boulder City as the AI rush reaches the home of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Story @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/data-centers-will-be-on-the-ballot-in-this-southern-nevada-city-3727498/20 Mar 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhiuhcwctk26https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mgfplm7jts24In a final plea to the Trump administration, Nevada officials have proposed a two-year plan to stabilize the Colorado River. Beyond 2028, Nevada says the seven states must reevaluate operating plans twice a year. Story @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/breaking-from-lower-basin-pact-nevada-pitches-emergency-colorado-river-stopgap-plan-3715739/06 Mar 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfplm7jts24https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mer436dwak2gBreaking: The Colorado River states will miss the Trump administration's Saturday deadline for a seven state deal to share the river over the next 20 years. We're following this story all day today @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/no-deal-colorado-river-states-waive-white-flag-ahead-of-trump-admin-deadline-3619716/13 Feb 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mer436dwak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mec4abkzgc2mBy next Saturday, the Trump administration expects seven state officials to hammer out a deal to assign shortages amid record low snowpack in the headwaters of the Colorado River. Not everyone is convinced they will deliver. Story @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/the-colorado-river-needs-a-hail-mary-with-time-and-snow-in-record-short-supply-3617218/07 Feb 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mec4abkzgc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mdtt7vlbpc26Fort McDermitt tribal member Shelley Harjo on ongoing issues with the Thacker Pass mine close to the reservation she grew up on @reviewjournal.com: “Now, the U.S. government is just another business partner with the state of Nevada and the mining industry.” https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/nevada-views-stop-the-thacker-pass-mine-3614512/02 Feb 2026 02:44 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtt7vlbpc26https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mbkczjs3zc2g“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 https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/climate-change-gives-las-vegas-bird-count-new-meaning-3603303/03 Jan 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkczjs3zc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3mamcdobclc2z🧵: 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. https://lvrj.com/thackerpass22 Dec 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mamcdobclc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3ma262htgis23Before #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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/nobodys-the-enemy-ex-nevada-water-chief-on-colorado-river-deadlock-3594508/15 Dec 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma262htgis23https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3ma24pimrmc2uIt’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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/amid-colorado-river-impasse-tense-meeting-comes-to-las-vegas-3595781/15 Dec 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma24pimrmc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3m5filengjs2pWhat happened — and what didn’t — on Colorado River deadline day today. Story @reviewjournal.com: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/states-poised-to-blow-past-colorado-river-deadline-without-a-deal-heres-what-we-know-3536236/12 Nov 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5filengjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lzraql22is26NEW: 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/ https://reviewjournal.com/news/environment/he-had-big-ambitions-for-this-southern-nevada-town-then-the-river-ran-dry-3466090/26 Sep 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzraql22is26https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lz74kcjxxs2cICYMI: 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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/axed-colorado-river-nominee-alleges-interference-never-seen-this-kind-of-vitriol-3462839/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=recommend19 Sep 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz74kcjxxs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lxzhyvxv7k2zA 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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/warring-lithium-companies-take-dispute-to-nevada-supreme-court-3433520/04 Sep 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxzhyvxv7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lwtoje2n622oImportant 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 https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/were-10-to-15-years-behind-the-nevada-heat-lab-is-working-to-save-your-life-3427279/20 Aug 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwtoje2n622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lvvtrglva22oIn 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. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/rtc-security-company-among-2-cited-under-new-nevada-heat-regulation-3411048/08 Aug 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvtrglva22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lsbxsav4kk2qGreat primer to tree inequity in Las Vegas from our @reviewjournal.com intern @finnegan-belleau.bsky.social: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-historic-westside-is-getting-hotter-trees-could-cool-it-down-3388225/23 Jun 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbxsav4kk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lqx4aowa4k27Quick 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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/in-the-countrys-fastest-warming-city-extreme-heat-planning-is-just-beginning-3382101/06 Jun 2025 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqx4aowa4k27https://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lquvy7g4bk2fGov. 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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/nevada-bill-calls-for-better-urban-planning-around-extreme-heat-3306850/05 Jun 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquvy7g4bk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lqbmgqcih22kMelissa 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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/heat-death-victims-family-sues-las-vegas-hospital-addiction-center-3378635/29 May 2025 01:55 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqbmgqcih22khttps://bsky.app/profile/alanhalaly.bsky.social/post/3lpkih77yic2sIn 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: https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/you-are-not-alone-most-nevadans-worry-about-climate-change-poll-shows-3374653/19 May 2025 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:batgfg25wh5dptkpcuro5msx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpkih77yic2s