White Knife: Life, Conflict, and Tradition in the Great Basin
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 […]
Latino Conservation Week Kickoff
(Español abajo) Latino Conservation Week is a national initiative to encourage Latinos to get outdoors and unite our voices in protecting our land, air and water. This year’s Latino Conservation […]
The Problem with Anaconda
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 […]
Nevada’s First Ever Mama’s Day Bailout
This year we’re joining the National Bailout movement to bail out mama’s incarcerated in Clark County. Right now, instead of being with their children, mama’s are locked up because of […]
The Problems of StoneGate
By Aman Patel, Environmental Justice Intern On February 14th, the Reno City Council voted to approve the master plan of the proposed StoneGate development in North Reno, and it […]
Anaconda Mine Tour Reflection
I’ve spent most of my life in Las Vegas, Nevada where I was born and raised. Like most families in Vegas, mine chose to go out-of-state for our weekend vacationing […]
Environmental Justice Collaboration @ UNR and TMCC
During the week of Nov. 6th, PLAN’s Environmental Justice (EJ) team both lead a film screening and were invited to present on mining accountability. The film screening was at […]
Inaugural People Planet First Summit
Climate Change is a reality. Over 100 organizers and leaders from across the country came together in rural Virginia last weekend for the inaugural People and Planet First Summit in Richmond, […]
A Coal-hearted Repeal
By PLANistas Kyra Rehard and Gianni Giuliano | Compete version published on Medium.com. Scott Pruitt, the current Environmental Protection Agency administrator, has withdrawn Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan (CPP) from federal legislation. The CPP […]
Newmont Proposes Greater Phoenix Mine Expansion in Nevada
Summary of Public Comment Requirements under NEPA On September 26, 2017, a public comment hearing was held in Battle Mountain, NV for a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) of […]