Senator Dean Heller and Representative Mark Amodei must stop meddling in the sovereignty of Guatemalan communities on behalf of international mining conglomerates and focus on the issues concerning Nevadans. Recently Sen. Heller and Rep. Amodei sent letters to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce respectively on behalf of Tahoe Resources, a Canadian …
Background of the Las Vegas/SNWA Water Grab The Great Basin Desert of eastern Nevada and western Utah is threatened by plans of the Southern Nevada Water Authority to drill over 200 wells in one of the driest regions of the United States and pipe the water 300 miles to Las Vegas. If permitted by …
This week, Sept. 25, 2017, is the start of the FOURTH round of hearings before the Nevada State Engineer. PLAN, alongside our friends at Great Basin Water Network, will again be arguing against the water rights applications from SNWA for Spring, Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar valleys. In-person public comment is limited to 3 …
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Position: Intersectional Environmental Justice/Mining Accountability Fellow Overview of PLAN PLAN is a multi-issue, multi-constituency coalition formed in 1994 to build collective strategic action among partners. PLAN uses research, public education, leadership development and grassroots organizing to build power and create more humane solutions to Nevada’s problems. PLAN works with diverse constituencies—many of whom do …
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Purpose The environmental/climate movement in Nevada is woefully lacking a justice analysis. The focus of water, climate and energy policy is limited to economic viability, expansion of supply, job creation, and giant projects. But the state and our movement currently lacks analysis around who will benefit from these decisions and how. Environmental and climate …
My name is Brendan. I am a 23 year old student at the University of Nevada Reno. On June 14th, 2016, I was privileged to attend my first peaceful demonstration. The BLM was attempting to auction off public land for oil and gas, including fracking, in the Smoky Valley region of central Nevada. As an …
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