Event Information All proceeds will assist and promote PLAN community events which help build an essential educational bridge for better understanding Nevada’s environmental justice issues. Just a few minutes walk to Wingfield Park! Grab a taco and support A Tribe Called Red, performing that night at wingfield as a part of Artown Reno. When: …
This is the first of several environmental justice blog posts in a series dedicated to the 2017 Great Basin Water Tour and related water issues impacting all of us. In this opening post, we would like to start things off by acknowledging a few individuals and groups that helped make this tour possible, followed by …
Our very own, Laura Martin, describes the diversity of People’s Action, and why she’s excited to be part of an organization that isn’t afraid to take on conversations about systemic racism.
The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) is proud to announce that SB47 has been passed bringing Nevada closer to restoring our basins to a healthy state and ensuring the responsible management of our water resources for this and future generations. For years PLAN has been at the forefront with GBRW and other …
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 …
… to defend rural communities and ecosystems from AB298, a dangerous water bill that aims to clear the way for the Las Vegas Water Grab. Read the urgent alert from Great Basin Water Network below to find out what you can do to stop this bill from becoming law. AB 298 cleared the Nevada …
Today’s trial against PLAN Director, Bob Fulkerson for charges stemming from Nevada’s massive ‘Keep it in the Ground’ protest on June 14th was postponed. Fulkerson and fellow activist, Travis Fuller, were both tackled and detained by Siena Hotel security at the rally, becoming the first people arrested during a year of protest aimed at Bureau …
Read more “‘Keep it in the Ground’ trial postponed, but we’ll be back!”
Last month PLAN leaders from across the state traveled with People’s Action to Washington D.C. to take part in a day of action in support of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). The CPP is currently on hold after a legal challenge filed by 24 state Attorney Generals, and with support from some of the worst …
Read more “Nevadans stand up for the Clean Power Plan in Washington D.C.”
PRESS RELEASE Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) – Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) – Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN) Tuesday, November 1, 2016 Today, the British Columbia Court of Appeals in Vancouver, Canada will revisit a procedural motion in the case of seven Guatemalans who have …
Read more “Guatemalans appeal case against Tahoe Resources in Canadian court”
Today over 200 people in Reno and thousands across the US and internationally mobilized to support the water protectors at Standing Rock in their efforts to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. We gathered at the Army Corps of Engineers field office in Reno to demand the agency cancel the permits and halt the pipeline – …
Read more “#NoDAPL National Day of Action – 200+ Stand with Standing Rock in Reno”