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The Southern Nevada Water Authority has joined forces with seven of the nation’s largest water agencies to push for improvements in the way global climate change is studied and addressed.

Members of the newly formed Water Utility Climate Alliance want more accurate models to help them predict the regional and local impacts of climate change.

As water authority general manager Pat Mulroy put it in a written statement announcing the alliance, “Water agencies throughout the nation will invest hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure over the next 15 years alone, and those investments must be informed by climate projections that are as accurate as possible.” Read full story:

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Last year’s merger of Inter-Tel Technologies with Mitel Networks Corp. appears likely to generate more jobs at Inter-Tel’s operation in Reno.

Inter-Tel Technologies, a developer of business telephone systems ranging from a single handset to integrated hardware and software packages for call centers, expects that employment at its Reno facility will top 200 by mid-year, says Doug Gaylor, a senior vice president.

Inter-Tel currently employs about 185 in Reno — plus about four dozen temporary workers — and that number is up from 160 about a year ago. Read full story:

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One of the most lucrative trade shows in Las Vegas has lost the hottest name in consumer electronics.

Apple — maker of the iPod music player and the chic, Internet-browsing iPhone — will no longer exhibit at the National Association of Broadcasters show, an annual television industry event that attracts about 100,000 guests.

Company leaders no longer view packing bags and hauling a delegation to Las Vegas to exhibit at the trade show as a cost-effective way to promote the company, Apple spokesman Anuj Nayer said.

Instead, Apple is diverting more resources to its retail stores and Web site, which Nayar said reach about 100 million people annually. Read full story:

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There’s no shortage of energy locked in the earth in northwestern Nevada — geothermal steam fields permeate much of Churchill, Pershing, Humboldt, Lyon, Washoe and other counties.

The trick isn’t even accessing that buried energy, despite typical drilling depths of 2,000-4,000 feet. The biggest challenge to tapping renewable geothermal energy in Nevada — currently a 300-megawatt industry that has the potential to yield an estimated 2,500 megawatts, or roughly enough power for 2.5 million people — is delivering power from steam-generating plants in remote areas to the cities that need electricity.

The heart of the problem, says Steve Munson, chief executive officer of Bend, Ore.-based Vulcan Power Co., is that northern and southern Nevada have their own power grids that are not interconnected.

“You cannot route power from Reno to Las Vegas in any economical way,” Munson says. “There is a cost to moving power. The other problem is that there is very little capacity available from northern Nevada to Los Angeles.” Read full story:

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