Las Vegas Sun | Miranda Wilson
There’s an environmental concern that comes with building a sprawling city in the desert — and no, it’s not just about water supply.
Air quality in Clark County has been subpar for years, and two reports released last year, both of which found that the Las Vegas area has some of the worst air quality in the country, brought the issue into focus once again.
Although air quality has improved in Clark County in the last few decades, the region is subject to several factors that put it at a disadvantage: high temperatures expected to increase as climate change intensifies, lots of sunlight that helps form certain pollutants, little precipitation to flush those pollutants out, and one of the fastest-growing populations in the country.