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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🏜️ 20,000 acres of NV public land offered for oil/gas leasing two weeks ago received ZERO bids. And yet, Trump’s “Energy Dominance” agenda forces the BLM to re-offer the same parcels at another sale this week. NV Wildlife Federation's Russell Kuhlman explains why: buff.ly/C4bRjnw
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
⏰ Final hours: If you’ve been meaning to RSVP for #HomeMeansNevada2026, now is the time! Join us, celebrate our community champions, and help protect the Nevada we love. Head count closes soon! Get your ticket today 🎟️: buff.ly/1grerdb
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
💰 3 new gas plants. $6B that could fall on our shoulders. NV Energy’s IRP introduces 1,223 MW of new gas capacity. Each of the three gas plants is estimated to cost $1-2 billion per project. See how this affects our energy bills: buff.ly/KQhAm9S
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today is #NVPublicLandsDay! 🌿 Gary Reese Freedom Park, East Las Vegas. Doors open at 3 P.M. Volunteer cleanup at 4:45 P.M. Free food, yard games, bounce houses, therapy dog. No RSVP? Walk-ins welcome! We'll see you there: buff.ly/S4I3wXf
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
✨ Five pieces of good news to close out the week, Nevada. Google invested $10 million in no-cost home energy upgrades for Nevada households. A $1 billion transmission project broke ground in Jean, adding 155 miles of power lines from Las Vegas to Pahrump by 2028. What story hit home for you? 👇
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
📣 How state regulators rule on @NVEnergy's 2026 power plan will shape the air we breathe for 20 years. Join @LungAssociation on Wed., Sept. 30 at 5 P.M. for a free webinar on NV Energy’s 2026 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), clean air, and public health. RSVP: buff.ly/cDZpWyp
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At Home Means Nevada 2026, we’re proud to recognize leaders helping protect Nevada’s air, land, water, and health. Rev. Leonard Jackson: Harry Reid Lifetime Achievement Award, honored posthumously for a lifetime advancing equality, justice, and opportunity.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe replants a tree for every one it removes from the mountain, and that’s just one part of its sustainability program. Mt. Rose planted 170+ blister-rust-resistent trees, 5,000+ lbs. rubber, composted food waste, and pulled 250+ lbs. of trash through its staff-led Blue Crew.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🚨EPA repealed federal carbon pollution standards for coal + gas power plants. @NRDC.org projects Trump’s energy policies could mean by 2035: 💰 $230 more/yr on utility bills 📉 $700B less in clean energy investment 🏥 85,000 more ER visits/hospital admissions 🌎 5.5B extra tons of CO2 buff.ly/tbIuCwX
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NRDC Report: How Trump’s Actions Are Hiking Utility Bills and Destroying Investments
The full suite of President Trump’s actions is set to destroy a massive $700 billion in new power investments over the next decade, leading utility bills to spike by an average of $230 a year, while…
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
☀️ Happy Friday Nevada! Here's 5️⃣ pieces of #GoodNews to end your week. A new proposal would make data centers responsible for their energy infrastructure costs. The U.S. just saw a record quarter for grid battery storage. Solar generation is expected to grow 21% this year.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
⏰ Eight days until #NVPublicLandsDay! Here's what's waiting for you at Gary Reese Freedom Park. Free food. Yard games. Bounce houses. A volunteer cleanup and therapy dog cuddles! 🐾 RSVP at: buff.ly/S4I3wXf
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nevada’s future is worth showing up for. Join us at #HomeMeansNevada2026 and stand with the people making it happen. RSVP 🎟️: buff.ly/enjRUCd
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The one thing that'll actually love you back? Your vote. 🗳️ Happy National Voter Registration Day! Check your registration: iwillvote.org See NCL's endorsed candidates: buff.ly/ZB2BOTq
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Who helps the land recover after a fire? Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW) biologist Ashley Zeme shares how her team restores habitat after wildfires. With 546 fires burning across Nevada in 2026, NDOW plays a critical role in recovery. KOLO 8 reporting: buff.ly/SySELtY
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Wildlife Wednesday: Restoring wildlife habitat
In our Wildlife Wednesday, Ashley Zeme from the Nevada Department of Wildlife joins Morning Break to discuss efforts to resort habitat after major disasters.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Kim Garrison-Means, Executive Director of Friends of Avi Kwa Ame, spent years going door to door in Searchlight, Nevada, building support for the nearly 450,000-acre national monument now bearing that name. This year, the Nevada Conservation League (NCL) honors her with the Green Guardian Award.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One week left to sponsor #HMN2026! Get your name in front of community leaders, elected officials & conservation partners at the Dinner. Sponsorships start at Bighorn (2 tickets, digital/print recognition) & scale to Battle Born (table for 8, recognition, full-page ad). See tiers: buff.ly/enjRUCd
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
⛰️ Five pieces of #GoodNews to close out the week, Nevada! A federal judge halted the Boulder City data center, ruling the BLM skipped required environmental review. A Carson City sawmill just secured $50M to thin overgrown forests and reduce wildfire risk. And more!
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
📣 Nevada already has one of the highest residential shut-off rates in the West. Now @NVEnergy wants ratepayers covering a $6 billion tab for three new gas plants. NCL’s Christi Cabrera-Georgeson: “Households shouldn't be on the hook to fund build-out of dirty fossil fuel plants.” buff.ly/RVmuX5A
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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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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
PSA: Our public lands don't take care of themselves. #NVPublicLandsDay is Saturday, Sept. 26. Block party + volunteer cleanup at Gary Reese Freedom Park, East Las Vegas. RSVP → tinyurl.com/NVPLD2026
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
RECAP: On Aug. 28, NCL's ED Kristee Watson spoke with Nevada's House delegation and Oversight Ranking Member Rep. @robertgarcia.bsky.social after the committee's Las Vegas hearing on Trump's affordability crisis. Read more in our release: buff.ly/F5d8Rb8
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Rev. Leonard Jackson spent his life fighting for equality, justice, and opportunity in our communities. This year, NCL honors him posthumously with the Harry Reid Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Home Means Nevada Dinner. His lasting impact guides the work still ahead.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🥳 Our state is home to five national monuments and four national parks. This Labor Day (and every day), our public lands are worth celebrating. Join us Saturday, Sept. 26 for #NVPublicLandsDay: Block party, volunteer cleanup, free food, yard games, and bounce houses. RSVP: tinyurl.com/NVPLD2026
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🌞 Five pieces of good news to close out the week, Nevada! A federal judge halted the Boulder City data center, ruling the Bureau of Land Management skipped required environmental review. Clark County is giving away 2,300 free trees to neighborhoods hit hardest by summer heat.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
BREAKING: A Las Vegas developer wants a private road into Yosemite. Secretary Burgum's Interior Dept. has spent a year quietly trying to build it for them, using a conservation fund to do it. Read the full report from @notus.com: buff.ly/CRszlqM
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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
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Center for Western Priorities @westernpriorities.org · 04/09/2026
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. 
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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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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
⚡️ 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?
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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
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Public News Service @publicnewsservice.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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.
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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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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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
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Fighting for Truth & Justice. Led by Ranking Member @RepRobertGarcia.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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...
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
☀️ 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? 👇
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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
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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 Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📍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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🚵 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.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🏕️ 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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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
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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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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
📰 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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
🌄 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.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Happy Friday, NV! Here are 5️⃣ stories worth celebrating this week.
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Nevada Conservation League @nvconservation.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
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
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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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