Drought-plagued Nevada pledged to do away with 3,900 acres of grass in the Las Vegas area within six years, but a ProPublica analysis found that the state grossly overestimated how much of that grass would likely be removed.
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Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won’t Find It in Lawns. <[link removed]> Drought-plagued Nevada pledged to do away with 3,900 acres of grass in the Las Vegas area within six years, but a ProPublica analysis found that the state grossly overestimated how much of that grass would likely be removed. by Nat Lash, Mark Olalde and Ash Ngu, and photography byLiz Moughon
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