
Monster snowstorm hits California highway, disrupting travel
Northern California got snow for the holidays, but no one is celebrating the havoc it's caused. Holiday travel...

Burning Man and LAGI unveil best eco-friendly proposals for Fly Ranch
The Burning Man Project and the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) have announced the top 10 proposals in the...

Hyperloop desert campus imagines futuristic solar-powered oasis
Begum Aydinoglu of Pada Labs, Mariana Custodio Dos Santos and Juan Carlos Naranjo have been recognized among...

Award-winning solar home with spectacular desert views asks $5.35M
On the edge of the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area, just outside of Las Vegas, an AIA award-winning home has...

Recycled wind turbine blades proposed as a playscape for Burning Man
Washington-based architect and designer Michael Mannhard has unveiled designs for BladeYARD, a proposal for a Burning...

Sustainable desert home has a small water footprint in Nevada
Las Vegas-based Hoogland Architecture designed the Arroyo House, a forever home for a couple with a penchant for...

Spiraling timber temple revealed for Burning Man 2018
A massive spiraling temple of timber is set to rise in the middle of a Nevada desert for Burning Man 2018. Designed...

Ryan Zinke recommends shrinking two more national monuments
United States Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has recommended that two more national monuments in the West...

How a small tribe in Nevada shut down coal and built a solar farm
President Donald Trump brags about bringing back coal jobs, but tends to gloss over the fuel's negative health...

Tesla's Gigafactory is getting a $350 million upgrade to build Model 3 parts
Tesla’s massive Gigafactory near Sparks, Nevada is expanding weeks after kicking off production of lithium-ion...

Obama creates two new western national monuments in last minute effort
The clock is ticking. Before the United States and the world is snapped by political whiplash on January 20, 2017,...

Trump administration wants to revive long-stalled nuclear waste storage project
As news of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team appointments come to light, environmental activists...

SolarReserve announces the world’s largest solar plant will power one million US homes
California-based energy firm SolarReserve just announced plans to expand its massive Nevada concentrated solar...

Hyperloop One opens the world's first Hyperloop factory
Two Hyperloop companies are dueling it out to see who will be the first to build the futuristic high-speed transportation...

Tesla opens the Gigafactory's doors for a first look
Tesla opened its sprawling Gigafactory to members of the press on Tuesday for an exclusive tour, as well as a chat...