ProPublicaJun 7, 2023

Drought-plagued #Nevada pledged to do away with 3,900 acres of grass – roughly 3,000 football fields' worth — in the #LasVegas area within six years.

But a ProPublica analysis found that the state grossly overestimated how much of that #grass would likely be removed.

#Vegas #Climate #ClimateChange #Water #ClimateCrisis #Lawn #Drought #Rain #Golf #Southwest

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Las Vegas Needs to Save Water. It Won’t Find It in Lawns.

Drought-plagued Nevada pledged to do away with 3,900 acres of grass in the Las Vegas area within six years, but a ProPublica analysis found that the state grossly overestimated how much of that grass would likely be removed.

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@ProPublica great piece

ProPublica always does good work.

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