Desert News, June 24

June 24, 2024

Apologies: We’re once again bringing you a version of Desert News without the news summaries, due to a death in Chris’ family and the predictable effect on scheduling of non-emergency things. Summaries should return next week.

For the same reason, we also decided to omit a number of stories we might have included in a normal week, about small fires throughout the deserts, fatalities due to drowning in monsoon rains, and search and rescue efforts for people and pets. (The one about the lost dog in Joshua Tree had a happy ending.) Please stay safe this week. We couldn’t bear to lose you too.

The race to understand the risks of the energy transition for wildlife

Lithium Valley Outreach Contracts End with Final Summaries

Extra moisture on West Coast allowing climate-sensitive Joshua trees to recover: Experts

Wildlife are losing habitat at Great Salt Lake. A nonprofit is working to build some back

Massive 200-mile long dust storm or ‘haboob’ sweeps over New Mexico

‘You’re just the suit’: Residents spar with mining exec at tense town hall

Extreme fires sweep through Ruidoso, NM

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Expansion of data-storage industry could double Northern Nevada’s energy use within a decade, NV Energy CEO says

Fire chief: Some have ignored burning restrictions in Pahrump

Restoring Hope Amid Ecological Collapse in the Walker River Basin

Fly me to Ivanpah: As traffic records tumble in Vegas, officials eye a second airport

U.S. Supreme Court blocks Texas’s Rio Grande water deal with New Mexico

Will below average rainfall this monsoon lead to a longer Arizona wildfire season?

Sedona residents are appealing a new resort development near Oak Creek. Here's why

Phoenix hits record highest daily low temperature 3 days in a row