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By Kyle Roerink, Great Basin Water Network By now you’ve likely heard the good news about the Las Vegas Pipeline. It is true that SNWA and the State Engineer will not appeal Judge Robert Estes’ scathing decision that affirmed what PLAN and others have been saying for decades: The pipeline is illegal. We […]
By Chelsey Hand, Environmental Justice Intern Years after the actions of Arimetco has left land traditionally stewarded by the Paiute in the area destroyed, Mark Amodei has proposed a bill that would give the land to the oil company Atlantic Richfield, a subsidiary of British Petroleum. Although Arimetco has abandoned the Anaconda copper […]
By Aman Patel, Environmental Justice Intern On February 14th, the Reno City Council voted to approve the master plan of the proposed StoneGate development in North Reno, and it is now in the hands of the Truckee Meadows Regional Planning Agency. Though the development might seem to be a good solution to Reno’s housing […]
The 2017 Water Tour provided an opportunity for individuals to connect from urban Nevada to rural Nevada, and vice-versa. During the Tour, we filmed the journey and interviewed folks along the way. In January 2018, we are planning to screen two short videos in Reno: one covering the leg from Reno to Baker, NV, and […]
By PLANc0mms
I’ve spent most of my life in Las Vegas, Nevada where I was born and raised. Like most families in Vegas, mine chose to go out-of-state for our weekend vacationing and believed that the rest of the state comprised mostly of tumbleweeds and lonely roads. In more recent years, as I started diving more and […]
The health and well being of our communities depend on strong climate action from our government, not the removal of protections. Repealing the Clean Power Plan would reduce air quality and result in premature deaths while also worsening climate change. The future of our economy is in 100% renewable energy, not the dirty fossil […]
During the week of Nov. 6th, PLAN’s Environmental Justice (EJ) team both lead a film screening and were invited to present on mining accountability. The film screening was at the University of Nevada-Reno and was titled, “Injustice in Nevada and Guatemala“, as a part of the team’s local and international organizing efforts that were […]
Climate Change is a reality. Over 100 organizers and leaders from across the country came together in rural Virginia last weekend for the inaugural People and Planet First Summit in Richmond, Virginia. PLAN’s Environmental Justice team was proud and excited to participate in this amazing inaugural climate justice event. The fight for water is a multifaceted […]
By PLANistas Kyra Rehard and Gianni Giuliano | Compete version published on Medium.com. Scott Pruitt, the current Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has withdrawn Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan (CPP) from federal legislation. The CPP aimed for national reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by establishing state-by-state goals in partnership with the regulations outlined in the Clean Air Act. 25 states […]
Summary of Public Comment Requirements under NEPA On September 26, 2017, a public comment hearing was held in Battle Mountain, NV for a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) of the proposed expansion of Newmont USA Limited’s Greater Phoenix mine pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Under NEPA federal agencies must provide advice […]
