Labor Day weekend is almost here! But #NVPublicLandsDay on September 26 is right around the corner. Join us for a #PublicLands Block Party at Gary Reese Freedom Park in #ELV: live music, yard games, free food, and a volunteer cleanup. 4–8 P.M. 🌳 RSVP: tinyurl.com/NVPLD2026

The man in charge of our public lands appears to know nothing about national monuments.  Is he really this ignorant, or is he lying on purpose? Read the blog and let us know. 

National monuments fact check: How many lies can Doug Burgum tell in 60 seconds?

In a recent Newsmax interview, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was asked about the backlash to the Trump administration’s attempt to shrink the boundaries of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah.

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⚡️ NV Energy wants three new gas plants, a $6B bet, to power data centers. NCL's Christi Cabrera-Georgeson: "Households shouldn't be on the hook to fund build-out of dirty fossil fuel plants." Read the full story from @publicnewsservice.bsky.social: buff.ly/X6CrxNI?

546 fires. 368,000 acres. #NDOW is already restoring burned habitat so #NV's wildlife has food and cover to come back to. KOLO8 reporting: buff.ly/fAnxG1J

NV #Energy wants to build $6B in new #gas plants to #power a #DataCenter boom. Conservation groups (@nvconservation.bsky.social) say ratepayers shouldn't foot the bill. "Households shouldn't be on the hook to fund build-out of dirty fossil fuel plants." PUC hearing Sept. 22.

Amid data center push, proposed gas plants in NV under scrutiny

Nevada conservation groups want to make sure ratepayers are not stuck with the bill as NV Energy seeks to build out three new natural gas plants to serve an influx

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Every year, a room full of Nevadans supports the fight to protect our air, land, water, and health. This year, you can be one of them. Your ticket to Home Means Nevada 2026 funds that work, and gets you in the room with the advocates doing it. 🎟️: buff.ly/0BGeB2S

The best reason to be outside in East Las Vegas on Saturday, Sept. 26? #NVPublicLandsDay 🔆 Join us for a block party at Gary Reese Freedom Park. 4–8 P.M. Free food, yard games, bounce houses, and a volunteer cleanup. RSVP: tinyurl.com/NVPLD2026

HAPPENING NOW: Our utility bill keeps climbing. Today, find out why. Watch the House @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social *LIVE* from Las Vegas, at 10 a.m. PT: buff.ly/nqpuC9M

Oversight Dems

Fighting for Truth & Justice. Led by Ranking Member @RepRobertGarcia.

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Your ticket does more than get you through the door. Nevada’s air, water, lands, and public health don’t protect themselves, NCL needs Nevadans in the room and in the fight. Join us Thu., Oct. 8 at 6 P.M. for Home Means Nevada 2026. 🎟️ Get yours here: buff.ly/A6NoJ50

Tribal leaders and community advocates are showing up for Nevada Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 26! Block party + volunteer cleanup. Free food. 🏞️ RSVP → tinyurl.com/NVPLD2026 #NVPublicLandsDay

NEW: Clark County's air already fails its ozone grade, an 'F' from @lung.org But NV Energy wants three more gas plants to power data centers. That means even more smog for the 49,000 Nevada kids with asthma. More in the @LasVegasSun.bsky.social: buff.ly/lcrEapH

When lawmakers make decisions that impact Nevada’s air, water, and public lands, someone has to be in the room fighting to protect them. Your ticket funds that work. Home Means Nevada 2026 — Thu., Oct. 8, Springs Preserve Amphitheater. Get your ticket: secure.actblue.com/donate/fr-hm...

☀️ Five pieces of Good Climate News, Nevada! #NevadaCEF moves forward with 115 projects and $7M invested. Home battery installs hit a record high. 207 solar projects came online in the first half of 2026, nine times the # of gas plants! What's your #GoodNews this week? 👇

In a state where 49,000 kids have asthma, Nevada needs more clean energy, not methane gas plants. Dr. Vilai presents the public health case for solar over new gas-burning power plants. Read more in @LasVegasSun: buff.ly/lcrEapH

Nevada can power data centers without sacrificing children’s health

The choices Nevada makes about how we generate electricity for proposed major data centers will affect the health of our children for decades to come.

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Nevada’s air, water, and public lands don’t protect themselves, Nevadans do! Join @NVConservation (NCL) on Thu., Oct. 8 at 6 P.M., Springs Preserve Amphitheater, for #HomeMeansNevada 2026. 🎟️ RSVP here: buff.ly/A6NoJ50

📍Gary Reese Freedom Park sits near the proposed East Las Vegas National Monument. On Sept. 26, show up for both! On #NVPublicLandsDay: Join #TeamNCL and our partners for free food, yard games, bounce houses, and a volunteer cleanup. RSVP: tinyurl.com/NVPLD2026

🚵 Hey Nevada! 5️⃣ pieces of good climate news to brighten up your weekend: 🌱 Clearway Energy Group has backed off building a data center on federal land. 🌱 A Nevada Bureau of Land Management park ranger was featured in an award-winning student film.

🏕️ Outdoor recreation brings $13.7B and 75,000 jobs to Nevada, more GDP than mining. NCL member Paulette Henriod says selling off our public lands "is like cutting down your house to use as firewood." Read more in her Op-Ed in the @nevadacurrent.com at: buff.ly/ignSbpt

When does someone become a Nevadan? For NCL’s Trystin, it started with hikes to Kings Canyon Waterfall and dips in the Truckee River. Now her family has a new state park to explore, thanks to a private seller’s $1.9M gift. We got lucky. But luck isn’t a conservation strategy.

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OPINION by Trystin St. Denis-Roberts: Nevada is getting a new state park. There’s just one catch: It’s the result of luck and generosity, not deliberate policy. thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...

Happy Friday, NV! 🌄 Here's 5️⃣ stories shaping the week: 🏭 Boulder City fights a proposed data center 🔥 Research links electric stoves to fewer asthma symptoms 🏜️ Push to protect national monuments 🌿 NV’s newest state park protects river habitat & history 🔋 Washoe libraries get battery recycling bins

Thank you @cortezmasto.senate.gov @rosen.senate.gov for calling out the reckless rollback of Bears Ears & Grand Staircase-Escalante. NV is home to four nat’l monuments that power our economy and connect us to history. Our public lands are not for sale. Full letter here 👉 buff.ly/oJXkpOU

Dems attack Trump’s 90 percent land cut to Utah national monuments

The administration had described its move as “rightsizing” protected areas after former presidents greatly overstepped their authority under the Antiquities

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📰 BREAKING: Nevada has a new state park. The catch? We only got it because a private seller donated the $1.9M the state couldn't cover. NCL's Trystin St. Denis-Roberts in the @thenvindy.com on why conservation can't run on luck: buff.ly/KqY3lw6

🌄 Hope you're staying cool, Nevada! We've got 5️⃣ pieces of good climate news to celebrate this Friday. 🌻 Valley of Fire State Park ranks #2 in state parks to visit for 2026. 🌻 Solar is a hot topic between virtual power plants and balcony options. 🌻 $50M invested in Nevada's forests.

Last summer, Rep. Mark Amodei tried to sell hundreds of thousands of Nevada public land to private interests. 8 in 10 #NV voters oppose selling our public lands to private interests, in a state where 86% of the land is federally owned. @publicnewsservice.bsky.social reporting: buff.ly/rZCUlgS

Happy Friday, NV! Here are 5️⃣ stories worth celebrating this week.

Las Vegas and Reno are the two fastest-warming cities in the U.S. And last year, 513 people died from heat in Clark County alone. On Mon. July 27, Rep. Maxwell Frost is hosting a virtual town hall on what young people across #NV can do about it! RSVP → bit.ly/4figyjG

Youth Climate Townhall with Rep Maxwell Frost · Climate Action Campaign

Right now, young people are being forced to inherit a climate crisis they didn’t create while the Trump administration treats our future as expendable. The good news is countless young people are…

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⚡ Happy Friday, NV! We've got 5️⃣ pieces of good news to kickstart your weekend. Clean energy is the name of the game this week. 🌞 Candidates across the country are embracing the need for affordable clean energy. 💡 Clark County has announced a new program to help Nevadans go solar.

We voted for 50% renewable energy by 2030. But NV Energy's long-term energy plan includes 1,200 MW of new gas plants, driven by data center demand. NCL member, Paulette Henriod, breaks down what's at stake with higher bills and more air pollution for years to come.

Nevadans voted for more renewable energy, not more natural gas • Nevada Current

As Nevada’s energy demand continues to grow, the strain on ratepayers increases. Most Nevada residents and small businesses are subject to the services of investor-owned gas and electricity…

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🚨 $8 billion. 58,000 jobs. That’s outdoor recreation in our state. Every one depends on protected lands staying protected. Trump just stripped 3M acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — illegally. These lands are sacred to Tribal Nations. Take action today: buff.ly/xbhvwFO

💲 The outdated federal leasing system lets oil/gas companies win while taxpayers lose. A royalty set in 1920 means NV missed out on $4M in direct state revenue in the last decade: Money that could have funded schools, parks, and transportation. No dice. 🎲 Read the full report:

No Dice in Nevada: Decades of Federal Leasing Have Cost Taxpayers - Taxpayers for Common Sense

Nevada is not a major federal oil and gas producer, but that has not stopped federal leasing of public lands in the state. Over the last decade, Nevada

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