Press Release: New
Fuel Efficiency Standards Will Reduce Pollution, Spur Innovation and
Reduce Dependence on Foreign Oil
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Nevada
conservation groups are welcoming new fuel economy rules that will
almost double the efficiency of cars and trucks over the next 13
years. The move is expected to reduce pollution and dependence of
imported foreign oil and spur innovation by vehicle manufacturers. [More...]
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Thousands respond to BLM
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- Thousands of people have let the BLM know that
they do not support granting a pipeline right-of-way to the Southern
Nevada Water Authority. Thanks to all who have written and taken
action.
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Sierra Club & GBWN slams water grab ruling by State Engineer: 'News
that Nevada State Engineer Jason King granted the Southern Nevada Water
Authority rights to pump up to 83,988 acre-feet of the groundwater from
four eastern Nevada valleys drew a swift and stern response from
pipeline opponents, who called the ruling “excessive and
ill-considered.” ' More ...
- Will the Nevada
State Engineer, Jason King, decide to grant water applications filed by
the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) for its groundwater mining
project in eastern Nevada? The Engineer could approve all, some,
or none of SNWA's applications. His decision is due sometime in
March, 2012. (More ... )
- Water grab
running into science and legal hurdles
- Snake Valley rancher Dean Baker's famous Snake
Valley Water Tour. More ...
- Will
the study results come too late to save the Great Basin National
Park? More...
- Lower
Owens
River:
Chapter
efforts
succeed as Owens River once again flows
- Water
Export
Threatens
Springs and Wetlands in
Eastern and Southern Nevada
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Great Basin Group of Sierra Club endorses candidates for Nevada Legislature and County Commission and City Councils
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Press Release: "
The
following legislative and local candidates were endorsed today by the
Great Basin Group of the Sierra Club for their continuing interest
and support in environmental matters, announced Political Chair Jean
Stoess." [Click for Press Release] |
TRPA Planning appears to weaken thresholds to protect Tahoe's water clarity and environment
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TRPA is developing thresholds which may weaken
protections for Tahoe's water quality and environment by ignoring the
impact of near shore development.
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"The" Lake is threatened by the unilateral action of Nevada to pu ll-out
of the TRPA. Tahoe is one unique place on earth and can only
suffer if we go back to the 1960's free-for-all speculation pushed by
Tahoe's city governments, 5 different
county governments, and 2 state governments. We need a strong
TRPA to set the limits to protect the Lake's water clarity and
environment. The public has invested hundreds of millions in
protection; let's not destroy Tahoe's clarity through a return to
short-term thinking. More ...
- The Club has won a victory to make the TRPA protect and restore the lake's famed clarity. More ...
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Sierra Club releases Nevada Assembly/ Senate endorsements for 2012 Election
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The Toiyabe Chapter
of the Sierra Club, part of the largest and most influential grassroots
environmental organization in the United States, has endorsed 8 Nevada
State Senate candidates and 25 Nevada State Assembly candidates. See the list at "The Nevada View: News for Nevadans" here.
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Sierra Club seeks to shut down the Reid-Gardner
Coal Plant
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Las Vegas Channel 8: I-Team: Paiute Tribe Partners With Environmentalists to Close Power Plant "...
Sometimes, the fumes or gases that roll over the Moapa Reservation are
invisible, detectable only by their gag-inducing odor...." Click to see news story by George Knapp. |
Wild
Horses:
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- Short-term
Solutions Long-term Problems
- Photo Essay on wildlife and Wild
Horse issues is here
- Can
the rangelands of the west be saved? What can you do?
- Photo Essay on
wildlife and Wild
Horse issues is here
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Ruby Pipeline
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- [Our lawsuit over the Ruby
Pipeline are still before the court.] -- The proposed Ruby Pipeline
could avoid major damage to wildlife
habitat, open space and cultural sites if it were rerouted, claimed
Defenders of Wildlife, the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter and Great Basin
Resource Watch in a legal challenge filed late Friday. ... [More]
- Ruby Natural
Gas Pipeline Project would cut through nearly pristine desert land
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Watch the Global
Temps
since 1880's
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Global
temperature animation of actual temperatures from 1880's to today - watch.
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Walker
Lake
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What will
it take to save Walker Lake: The latest research offers some
answers
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Will
Federal
Study
Save
Great
Basin
Nat'l Park?
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Will
the study results come too late to save the Great Basin National
Park is the question confronting Sierra Club leaders and local
residents and Park-supporters? More...
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