Kaleb M. Roedel
Environment Reporter at KUNR-FM (Reno, NV)
Dad. Concertgoer. Seinfeld quoter. Environmental reporter for #MtnWestNews & @KUNRPublicRadio on @NPR.
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5 days ago |
kunr.org | Kaleb M. Roedel
Data centers, which power AI tools and cloud services, use massive amounts of water to cool servers so they don’t overheat. An average-sized data center uses about 2 million liters of water per day, roughly the same amount as 6,500 households, according to an April report from the International Energy Agency. A Bloomberg analysis found companies are drawn to Western states for tax breaks and renewable energy sources – primarily solar – to power their facilities.
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1 week ago |
upr.org | Kaleb M. Roedel
The change comes two weeks after Republican Congressmembers Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah introduced the measure to sell off public lands in their respective states for development and affordable housing. The move received strong opposition from advocates, Democrats, and some Republicans, including Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, who served as the Secretary of Interior during President Donald Trump's first term.
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1 week ago |
kuer.org | Kaleb M. Roedel
Editor's note: This story was produced for Our Living Lands, a collaboration of the Mountain West News Bureau, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, and Native Public Media focusing on the impact of climate change on Indigenous communities across the country. It's a sun-splashed morning at the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California's wood yard, a patch of land about the size of a football field, tucked in a valley about 20 miles east of Lake Tahoe's south shore.
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2 weeks ago |
kunr.org | Kaleb M. Roedel
The change comes two weeks after Republican Congressmembers Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah introduced the measure to sell off public lands in their respective states for development and affordable housing. The move received strong opposition from advocates, Democrats, and some Republicans, including Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana, who served as the Secretary of Interior during President Donald Trump’s first term.
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2 weeks ago |
kunr.org | Kaleb M. Roedel
In the Mountain West, glaciers – large masses of ice and snow accumulated over many years – can be found in mountain ranges in Colorado, Montana, Nevada and Wyoming. When glaciers melt, these large chunks of snow and ice release sulfate-rich minerals that flow downstream into watersheds. As sulfate accumulates, it can create a potent neurotoxin called methylmercury. Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder tested local soils in nearby mountains to measure for the toxin.
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