Russian President Vladimir Putin has chastised the billionaire owner of a nickel giant over a massive fuel oil spill that has inflicted huge damage on a fragile Arctic region. An estimated 20,000 tons of diesel oil spilled last Friday from a broken tank a

The Trump administration is proposing easing more Obama-era protections on contaminants from coal-fired power plants. 

The Trump administration has ordered a sweeping about-face on Obama-era efforts to fight climate change, easing restrictions on coal-fired power plants.

UPDATE: NV Energy says a power pole on fire was the cause of the outage near Power Plant Drive on Tuesday evening. The fire is out at this time.

Temperatures are expected to reach triple digits for four straight days, this week.  That means a lot of us will use our air conditioners and fans more than usual, increasing the demand for electricity. 

Idaho Power has announced its intention to close a Nevada coal plant it co-owns with NV Energy 10 years sooner than planned, a move that would shutter both units at Nevada's last utility-owned, coal-burning power plant by 2025.

Nevada dignitaries celebrate another milestone with renewable energy for this state with partners from Italy. 

Early Tuesday morning a group of state dignitaries, energy officials and the Prime Minister of Italy took a tour of a renewable energy power plant east of Fallon.

Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is headed to Reno after the Republican debate in Las Vegas next week. Fiorina is scheduled to headline an energy policy event Dec. 16 at the Atlantis casino.