He was the first to fight it 20 years ago and is now in the middle of a dust storm of controversy, accused of dancing with the devil, of turning Judas on his neighbors. A proposed Nevada pipeline project like some sort of Whack...
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SNAKE VALLEY — Jerald Bates climbs into his dusty Ford truck, drives a quarter mile up a winding dirt road, gets out and points to his lifeblood. This is Warm Springs, in the desert of Snake Valley, and its water temperature...