LAS VEGAS, NV — In response to the failed Senate passage of Assembly Bill 4, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada released the following statement: “The Republican Senate leadership failed Nevada. The same members who stood in defense of the multibillion dollar mining industry, have said little to nothing as public education, health care, …
Las Vegas, NV — In response to the Nevada Legislature’s passage of Assembly Bill 4, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada released the following statement: “Being a bold leader means taking bold actions to protect the people of Nevada and tonight we thank our legislators for doing just that. For far too long we …
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Las Vegas, NV — In response to the Nevada Legislature’s passage of lackluster Senate Bill 3 “SB3 doesn’t go far enough. Allowing the mining industry to pay their taxes early ignores their responsibility of paying what they owe. The Net Proceeds on Mineral Tax is capped in Nevada’s constitution, but the generous amount of deductions …
Governor Sisolak has called for across the board cuts of every state agency in Nevada. For our communities–already suffering from underfunded schools, lack of affordable housing, and diminishing access to health care–these cuts will be devastating. COVID-19 has brought on an unprecedented public health crisis. Businesses have closed their doors, even the Las Vegas Strip …
PRESS RELEASE: Nevada Environmental Organizations Ask Governor Sisolak to Suspend Mining Public Comment Periods During COVID-19 Crisis (LAS VEGAS) — As a response to the COVID-19 health emergency, local environmental groups PLAN, Center of Biological Diversity and Great Basin Resource Watch released a letter urging Governor Sisolak to direct the Nevada Department of Conservation …
The Abandoned Anaconda Mine in Yerington Nevada is a historic open pit copper mine. Over the years, the mine has been owned by various companies, and was purchased by the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) in the 1970’s. ARCO became a subsidiary of British Petroleum (BP), and although BP never mined the site, the company owns …
Read more “A Conversation with Yerington Resident Melvin Diehl”
By Jackie Chiakulas, Fellow I arrived in Reno from Las Vegas early Saturday morning, then took about an hour bus ride from Reno to Yerington, Nevada. The bus ride was narrated by Norm Harry, a member of the Pyramid Lake Tribe who knew the surrounding land and water streams like the back of his …
“Once acid drainage starts it’s impossible to stop. So maybe we should look at the beginning, and say if you are going to have to treat forever you don’t have a mine, you have an interesting ore body, but not a mine.” Dr. Glenn Miller, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science University of Nevada Reno …
By Ian Bigley, Mining Justice Organizer Sacred land, greed, ancestors, and future generations were on our minds as the sun rose over Newe Sogobia and water evaporated from alfalfa fields. Members of the Great Basin Resource Watch board and a film crew from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada were given the privilege of …
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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 …