📰 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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⚠️ Our state could be on the hook for $6.6M in oil well cleanup costs. Federal land bonds are supposed to foot the bill when companies walk away. In 2018, those bonds covered just 3% of actual costs in Nevada.

Happy Friday, NV! Here's 5️⃣ stories worth celebrating this week. 🏞️ A new state park is protecting the Carson River ⚡ EV adoption is accelerating, and solar access is expanding 🔌 Grid upgrades are gaining momentum 🏠 Home upgrades are helping cut energy costs

🔐 510,932 acres of our state’s public land are locked in oil and gas leases. Only 5.7% of those lands is producing anything.. The other 482,000 acres sit idle: Land Nevada could be using for solar, geothermal, or outdoor recreation. 🎲 Read the full report: buff.ly/SYJVMYz

From a pause in Reno to code change discussions in rural counties, Nevada’s local governments are taking steps to regulate data centers. The Indy is tracking what steps are being taken. thenevadaindependent.com/article/how-...

How has your city or county regulated data centers? Here's the latest in Nevada.  - The Nevada Independent

The Nevada Independent will be tracking what data center-related actions local governments across the state are taking. This page will be updated as officials take more actions.

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🍬 $0.25 cents gets you a gumball. For oil & gas companies, it bought an entire acre of Nevada's public lands. That's exactly how 36,000 acres of our lands were locked into oil & gas leases by a single company — land that has never produced a drop of oil. ⏩ Read the full report at: buff.ly/SYJVMYz

🌡️ We waited in 100° heat just to be heard. That's why today, every gift to @NVConservation.bsky.social is doubled through Friday, July 10, up to $2,500. Give now and double your impact: buff.ly/mbatKNu

Currently, there is no federal protection for LGBTQ+ people in disaster relief. When the environmental crisis escalates, equal aid isn't guaranteed. Jo (they/them): "We can't celebrate Queer people, PoC, women, or any marginalized group if our planet is on fire." 🌈

Up to 45% of unhoused youth identify as LGBTQ+. Extreme heat, wildfire smoke, climate disasters, these communities take the hardest hit. Bri (they/them), NCL's NNV Communications Organizer, organizes for them every day: "When the world says you must pick one — I say no." 🌈

🌞 Five pieces of good news, NV! Solar outpaced coal for the first time. Sage grouse are bouncing back. A bipartisan bill targets public lands protections. And a local car wash reclaims 80% of its water. #Nevada #ClimateNews #GoodNews

LGBTQ+ neighborhoods bear a disproportionate burden of air pollution, the result of discriminatory housing and exclusion. Hannah (they/them): "My queerness has expanded my imagination for liberation." 🌈 The fight for clean air and water is a queer issue. It always has been.

✊ In the 1950s, Black families in Northern Nevada were blocked from buying property in Reno and Sparks. They purchased and built a neighborhood anyway. And by 1977, Grand View Terrace had paved roads, and a water system supporting more than 50 homes.

🎊 Happy Juneteenth, Nevada! We've got 5️⃣ stories uplifting our Black community this weekend. ➡️ Over half the U.S. recognizes Juneteenth as a legal holiday this year ➡️ Juneteenth gatherings across the state ➡️ Black-owned businesses you can support this weekend

Many great organizations were represented here, including @planevada.bsky.social, @nvconservation.bsky.social, @nvenvirojustice.bsky.social, Faith in Organizing, @maketheroadnv.bsky.social, @solarunitedneighbors.org, and many others I can't remember. These folks do great work making NV better. End/

Then, once a speaker had spoken, they were asked to leave so that more folks from outside could take their place. However, there was no real-time video of the session, and no recording is available, so we couldn't hear what folks who spoke after us said. 3/

Second, instead of everyone just going up to the hearing room, we had to line up outside in the heat. My weather app forecasted a high of 105F for that area. Then, once the session started, only 50 people at a time were allowed inside. Everyone else had to wait outside in the heat. 2/

Yesterday was the annual consumer session at the Public Utility Commission of Nevada. To say it was chaotic is underselling it. First, there was a huge law enforcement presence, doubtless over concerns after the previous day's protest. Still, what wee saw seems like an overreaction. 1/

🌡️ Nevadans showed up in 108-degree heat yesterday and waited outside for nearly *TWO* hours to tell regulators what rising utility bills are doing to our families. Here's what the Las Vegas #PUCN General Consumer Session looked like: 🧵

🗣️ Today. 1:30 P.M. Las Vegas. Walk in with the facts: → NV Energy passed rejected costs onto customers 5 times in 2 years → They overcharged Nevadans for decades → They paid $0 in fines → Their parent company's CEO made $21M in 2024

📅 Tomorrow at 1:30 P.M., NCL's Kristee Watson asks state regulators to reject three new methane-burning gas plants proposed to power data centers. Data centers could consume 64% of NV Energy's electricity within 20 years. Ratepayers could carry the $5–6 billion price tag.

🌻 Happy Friday, Nevada! There's so much to celebrate this week, and we've got 5️⃣ stories to highlight. ⏩ Restoration of the Virgin River watershed. ⏩ 350 free life jackets at Lake Mead. ⏩ $42 million invested in Nevada's outdoor recreation and conservation.

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