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NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV - Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) sent a letter to Majority Leader Schumer and Minority Leader McConnell urging that Congress send the Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act to President Biden to be signed into law.
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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, in a visit to Las Vegas, announced that the Department of Interior was reducing rents and fees for wind and solar projects on public lands by 50% for both existing and new projects.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KSNV) — A new liquid hydrogen production and logistics facility has officially opened its doors in North Las Vegas.
Air Liquide describes the facility as its largest in the world and would make Nevada a leader in hydrogen energy production.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04), a member of the Ways and Means Committee, celebrated the advancement of two important projects—the Greenlink West Transmission Line and the Cross-Tie 500-kV Transmission Project—that will bring 6,500 MW of renewable energy to the West. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland urging that a significant portion of ecosystem restoration funds in the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act address the need for restoration of the vast sagebrush ecosystems of the American West.
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WASHINGTON — Nevada will receive $89 million this year as part of a $20 billion allotment for public transit upgrades and improvements that were included in the bipartisan infrastructure law, administration officials said Wednesday.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters on a conference call that the $20 billion is the "largest investment in public transit in our nation's history."
U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., will hold a news conference 10 a.m. Thursday at the Nevada Energy Office to highlight the $38 million Nevada will receive from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand the state's electric vehicle charging network.
They will discuss the role the funding will play in speeding up the adoption of electric vehicles, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting Nevada's climate goals, Horsford's office said.
Nevada scored a victory this week when the U.S. Department of Energy announced it was embracing a policy of requiring state and local approval for development of any nuclear waste storage site. That move, combined with staunch opposition among Nevada's leaders to the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository, amounted to a reprieve from any immediate prospect of reviving the atrocious facility.
On the eve of the White House announcing it would do so, Nevada Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford on Monday joined calls urging President Joe Biden to make use of emergency petroleum reserves in an effort to lower gas prices.
Tuesday morning, the White House announced the Department of Energy will release of 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve over the next several months "to lower prices for Americans and address the mismatch between demand exiting the pandemic and supply."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, ahead of an anticipated vote in the House of Representatives on the Build Back Better Act, Congressman Horsford (D-NV-04) delivered remarks on the House floor to highlight key provisions of the Build Back Better Act that he authored.