Action for a greener, healthier Nevada

U.S. House approves massive investment in tackling lead contamination

The U.S. House of Representatives just took a historic step toward protecting kids and communities across the country from exposure to lead.

13,000 Environment America supporters call for stronger action on dirty air

Trump administration officials passed up an opportunity to ensure cleaner air for millions of Americans. The public wants to know why.

Victory for the Great American Outdoors

President Trump just signed the Great American Outdoors Act, which fully funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

U.S. House panel charts clear path for climate action

The report calls for 100 percent zero-emissions car sales by 2035, a zero-carbon power sector, and protecting 30 percent of U.S. lands and ocean areas.

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News Release | Environment Nevada

64 mayors press Congress to include clean energy tax incentives in COVID-19 recovery

Blog Post

Keeping it wild

One of the issues that most reliably gets people excited and engaged is our campaign to defend our public lands, especially the Tongass National Forest. But why are people from California to Texas to Maine so passionate about a forest in remote southern Alaska? Much of that passion owes to the fact that some places stir the imagination and therefore, the soul. People also understand intuitively that the campaign to save the Tongass is about something larger than even that vast forest: It’s about what we value as a society.

Blog Post

Victory for the Great American Outdoors

For what would become the nation’s most effective conservation and recreation law, it was an awkward beginning. 

News Release | Environment America

Statement: U.S. House passes major public lands bill

"With today’s passage of this bill, we’re one step away from putting a lock and key on funding that has always been intended for conservation projects -- yet consistently diverted to other purposes. We’re closer to adopting a new consciousness for today’s world, that our lives are made richer if surrounded by more nature, rather than more extracted resources."

News Release | Environment Nevada

Passage of Horsford amendment showcases broad local support for desert refuge

Nevada Representative Steven Horsford announced on Monday that the House had passed a perfecting amendment he and other Nevada delegation members, Susie Lee and Dina Titus, had introduced through the House Rules Committee.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.