Scott Sonner

Associated Press

Exterior view of the Tesla factory in Fremont, California.

Russian Pleads Not Guilty in Foiled Tesla Ransomware Plot

He's accused of offering a Tesla employee $1 million to enable a ransomware attack at the company's plant.

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Big Nevada Gold Mine Expansion On Hold

Environmentalists say the expansion could prove catastrophic to wildlife, cultural resources and nearby high-desert springs.

This photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows Tiehm's buckwheat blooming at Rhyolite Ridge in the Silver Peak Range of Western Nevada, on June 1, 2019.

Rare Wildflower Could Jeopardize Lithium Mine

It is one of the most promising deposits of lithium in the world.

This June 1, 2019, file photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity, shows the rare desert wildflower Tiehm's buckwheat in the Silver Peak Range about 120 miles southeast of Reno, Nev. An Australian mining company says its pursuit of a huge lithium deposit in Nevada is critical to accelerating the manufacture of electric vehicles and reducing greenhouse gases. Opponents argue the mine can't be built without causing the extinction of the only native population of the rare desert wildflower known to exist in the world.

Electric Cars vs. Flowers

In this April 9, 2015, file photo, people walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev., 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Nevada is branding federal shipments of weapons-grade plutonium to the state a year ago as a 'secret ... smuggling operation,' and urging a U.S. District Court judge in Reno to reject a bid to dismiss a lawsuit because the Energy Department has already promised no more material will be brought to the state. A court filing Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, seeks oral arguments in a yearlong legal battle over the state's bid for a court order to remove the highly radioactive material from a vast secure government reservation north of Las Vegas.

US Accused of 'Secret Plutonium Smuggling'

The Energy Department insists the issue is moot.

The Greater Sage Grouse perform a mating ritual on a lake near Walden, Colorado.

Court Trims Oil and Gas Auction

The move came after a judge blocked a Trump administration attempt to curtail protection of habitat for endangered sage grouse in seven states.

This photo shows Tiehm's buckwheat in the Silver Peak Range about 120 miles southeast of Reno, Nevada.

Mining Threatens Unique Wildflower

The flower doesn't exist anywhere else in the world and could halt the mining of lithium.

In this April 9, 2015, file photo, people walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev., 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. A federal judge in Reno has agreed to allow Nevada to amend its lawsuit in an ongoing legal battle with the U.S. Energy Department to try to show why the government should be forced to remove weapons-grade plutonium it secretly shipped to a site near Las Vegas last year over the state's objections.

Nevada to Amend Plutonium Suit

Nevada has said from the start that the government failed to complete the necessary environmental reviews before approving the shipment.

In this Sept. 29, 1994 file photo, a CSX Train with spent nuclear fuel passes through Florence, S.C., on its way to Savannah River Site Weapons Complex near Aiken S.C. Lawyers for Nevada and the Energy Department are accusing each other of contradicting their past arguments as the state seeks to restart a legal challenge to force the government to remove weapons-grade plutonium it secretly shipped to a site near Las Vegas last year. A federal judge in Reno refused earlier this year to issue a temporary injunction banning shipments of the radioactive material to Nevada after the government disclosed in January 2019, it already had trucked one-half metric ton of plutonium there.

Nevada Seeks to Restart Plutonium Suit

A federal judge earlier this year refused to ban shipments of the radioactive material to Nevada after the government disclosed it already had trucked one-half metric ton of plutonium there.

This July 16, 1945, file photo, shows the mushroom cloud of the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site near Alamagordo, N.M. A fight is raging in courts and Congress over where radioactive materials should be stored and how to safely get the dangerous remnants of decades of bomb-making and power generation to a permanent resting place.

Has Tech Made it Safer to Move Nukes?

Depends on whom you ask.

NV Panel to Hear Challenge to Mine

They say the state water pollution control permit granted last year is based on a flawed computer model that underestimates the toxic threat to public health and the environment.

In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino reflects the last sunlight of the day along the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. The family of a woman killed by a gunman raining down gunfire from the Las Vegas high-rise hotel suite filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday, July 2, 2019, against eight gun makers and three dealers arguing their weapons are designed in a way that could be easily modified to fire like automatic weapons. The lawsuit, which targets Colt and seven other gun manufacturers, along with gun shops in Nevada and Utah, is the latest case to challenge a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability.

Gun Cos. Sued After Vegas Death

The lawsuit is the latest case to challenge a federal law shielding gun manufacturers from liability.