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Las Vegas is booming. Local officials expect an additional 600,000 residents in coming decades and public lands surrounding the city are feeling the pressure. On Tuesday, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto released draft legislation seeking to open some public lands for development, while significantly expanding national recreation areas and establishing more than 300,000 acres of new wilderness. The draft bill pushes back on a years-old proposal by county officials that some see as a giveaway to developers.
Many local organizations worry about the climate impacts of continued sprawl in the Las Vegas Valley. Brian Beffort, director of Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter, noted, "Las Vegas is already one of the fastest-warming cities in the nation, our air quality is among the worst in the nation, and our water future is uncertain at best." Negotiations over draft legislation are expected to continue in the coming months.
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The emissions documented in many of these videos are unacceptable to this Department and pose significant health and safety risks to New Mexico communities and employees of these companies.”
