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If you could power large swaths of the United States with carbon-free energy but had to sacrifice one endangered species in exchange, would you do it? That exact choice may be fantastical, but an epis...

An episode playing out in Nevada provides a real-world example of the tradeoffs between environmental progress and environmental protections.

A geothermal energy developer vowed to sue the Biden administration over its decision to list a rare Nevada toad as endangered.

A Nevada-based renewable energy company plans to significantly shrink the size of a planned geothermal power plant in order to ease federal criticisms of its potential impacts on an endangered toad.

Nevada's Dixie Valley toad, which is at the center of a legal battle over a geothermal construction project, has been declared an endangered species by officials.

The toad was protected under a rare emergency order in April, and those emergency protections expire tomorrow, Dec. 2.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the Dixie Valley toad will be listed as endangered and be provided permanent federal protections. The toad was protected under a rare emergency order in April, and those emergency protections expire Dec. 2.

A battle over a geothermal project pits a tiny toad against renewable energy. Can the planet's heat be harnessed without risking extinction?

RENO, NEVADA (AP) – The unusual circumstances that led to the United States (US) Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the Endangered Species Act in 1978 have not surfaced much since then. But the stage is being set in Nevada for another potentially significant test of the nation’s premier wildlife protection law in a legal battle […]

First it was an endangered toad, now its a butterfly.