Learn about all the work AANHPI communities have done for Environmental Justice with us this Friday! Bit.ly/aanhpiclimatenv

Early vote is underway! Find a polling location near you >> bit.ly/NVPrimaryEVSites #WashoeCounty ¡El voto temprano ya está en marcha! Encuentre un centro de votación cerca de usted >> bit.ly/NVPrimaryEVSites #CondadoDeWashoe

Environmental justice is social justice ✊🏼💚

152M people in the U.S. live in areas failing basic air quality standards — and Latino families are 3x more likely to be in those zones. Join EcoMadres, Poder Latinx & the American Lung Association LIVE in Spanish this Wednesday, May 20 at 10am PT / 1pm ET. 🔗 streamyard.com/watch/vbzA6f4PAgs7

Steve Pearce is bought & paid for by Big Oil. His loyalty lies with the oil industry despite the harm caused by drilling on public lands. Pearce’s confirmation as Director of the Bureau of Land Management would be disastrous for Nevada's public lands.

Governor Joe Lombardo finally acknowledges that families need protection from rising rates… while simultaneously declaring his support for data centers.🙄 Nevadans need elected officials to take energy affordability seriously, not risk our water & energy future for Big Tech profits.⚡️ #FreezeTheRates

The city of Reno became the first local government in Nevada to pause new data center applications following a council vote in a packed, emotional special meeting that reflected the divisiveness of the issue across the state and nation. STORY: lvrj.com/post/3824360 

Across nearly the entire West, states spent the winter waiting for snow that rarely arrived. Via @stateline.org

Lake Tahoe doesn’t know where its power will come from after next ski season—and it’s a major problem for the 49,000 residents who call the region home. https://bit.ly/42Ptl6l

Our local monopoly in action ⚡️

Voting is one way you can advocate for the environment 🗳️

Women & femmes in Las Vegas! Join us this Wednesday 5/13 at Cactus Joes Nursery for food and new friends who care about Nevada’s wild places💚🌿☀️

This week’s Freeze the Rates Town Hall was a reminder that energy equity is central to having safe & affordable housing! We are just getting started in our fight to hold NV Energy, Governor Lombardo, and the PUCN accountable for exploiting community members for corporate profits. Not a penny more!⚡️⚡️

A major new data center in Northern Nevada wants to build its own, temporary natural gas plant for power. Amy Alonzo reports on who’s behind it, and why environmental advocates are concerned: thenevadaindependent.com/article/why-...

We are grateful to everyone who was able to join us at last night’s FREEZE THE RATES Town Hall! We’re excited to continue building power together and holding our investor-owned utility company accountable👏⚡️ www.ktnv.com/news/souther...

Community discussion around NV Energy's demand charge continues, and residents are pointing out a lack of accessibility to public hearings. Read more ➡️ https://www.fox5vegas.com/2026/04/29/las-vegas-advocates-oppose-nv-energy-demand-charge-town-hall/ 

⚡️See you there later today📣

Together, we can #FreezeTheRates 📈

"There are going to be times that are very, very hard, and we are in one of them. And we have to keep going with passion, dogged determination, and belief that we can make the impossible possible."

This Earth Month, Grist reached out to climate leaders across the country, to hear about how they’re staying motivated and continuing to push forward. Here's what they said: https://grist.org/solutions/earth-day-climate-leaders-share-what-keeps-them-inspired/

🌲Who knew that public transit would help keep Tahoe blue! 🤔

✊🏼 Stand united with us to freeze the rates! 🗣️

A judge granted a motion made by the Nevada Attorney General’s Bureau of Consumer Protection to schedule a hearing on the utility's peak demand charge billing process and whether it violates state law.

Overall customer satisfaction with NV Energy among Southern Nevada residential customers fell from 93% in 2021 to 77% last year, according to research commissioned by the utility.

Electricity is not a luxury. It's a necessity!⚡️ We’re ready to tell the Governor and Nevada lawmakers: NOT A PENNY MORE FOR NV ENERGY.🗣️ Join us for a town hall to raise our collective voice and demand an end to skyrocketing rates!‼️🛑 RSVP 🎟️ secure.ngpvan.com/3rp5Os7vFkaG...

🌍The Earth provides us with food, air, and a home every day of the year. Take this month to reflect on your relationship to the Earth 🤔

Prepare for a hotter summer and a tough wildfire season this year. Stay hydrated and do your part to prevent fires 🐻

Yesterday we joined @seiu.org Local 1107 Climate Justice Caucus for a trivia night! 🌍🚲💚 We look forward to working together to fight for stronger heat protections for Nevada workers.🔥✊ #climatejustice #peopleandplanet

Two Nevada legislators have written a letter to Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, demanding a “comprehensive plan” to address concerns of “structural failures” in the state’s oversight of Elon Musk’s tunneling startup. https://bit.ly/4uRTn5p

Climate change puts our health at risk today and tomorrow 😷

Workers & the world unite!!🌍 Join us for TRIVIA NIGHT with @seiu.org Local 1107 Climate Justice Caucus on Thursday 3/26!💚 Win cool prizes and flex your knowledge 🧠💪

Early voting starts in May 🗳️

Let’s do it! 🚈🚈🚈 Building light rail could help reduce emissions by lowering personal vehicle usage and mitigate the worsening impacts of extreme heat, drought, and air quality degradation. 🌍💚

“Everyone is exposed, but the experience isn’t equal,” Jackie Spicer, coordinator of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition said.🔥☀️

💧⚡️How much water and energy does your AI prompt really cost? 🤔 Is it worth it?

Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.

We understand the numbers. We just know that clean air, clean water, and the future of our public lands is priceless 💯

“As we’ve seen in other states, like New Jersey, governors have the power to freeze rates and stand with the people for energy affordability,” Jackie Spicer of the Nevada Environmental Justice Coalition @jspice108.bsky.social ⚡️✊

They’re delaying the daily demand charge, but it needs to be canceled completely! Nevadans have had enough of NV Energy’s corporate greed⚡️ www.ktnv.com/news/nv-ener...

Postponing the change would avoid the public outcry experts predict will result from peak demand charges on summer electricity bills.

NV Energy will become the first investor-owned utility to impose a mandatory demand charge on residential and small commercial customers. DETAILS: lvrj.com/post/3723581 

New solar power installations declined significantly in Nevada and nationally last year, as the Trump administration prioritized boosting fossil fuels and implemented policies limiting the growth of renewable energy, according to an industry report.

Thank you to Congresswoman Dina Titus @titus.house.gov for visiting DRI’s Las Vegas campus to highlight a new $1M federal grant supporting our collaboration with NASA to advance wildfire smoke tracking in Nevada—strengthening forecasting and public health communication. #ScienceThatMattersNow

Moving away from oil dependence is kinder on our wallets and our environment 💸 🍃

National and Nevada conservation groups have been publicly calling on Cortez Masto, who serves on the Senate committee that held hearings on the nominee, to vote against sending Pearce's nomination to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.

“It is important for elected officials at the state and local level to step up”‼️ The time for a faster + more robust transit system is long overdue for Southern Nevada 🚎

Paving the way for urban sprawl😔💔

We need a BLM director who will protect our public lands, not sell them off for corporate profits.

OPINION by Jackie Spicer: Will the next BLM director put Nevada up for sale? Stevan Pearce’s troubling voting record and “small government” philosophy would mean a massive public lands sell-off in Nevada. Read it here: thenevadaindependent.com/article/opin...