Sierra Club Archives - Nevada Globe

License To Burn: Wildfire As the Ultimate Private-Public Partnership

April 22, 2024 11:42 amApril 23, 2024 11:09 am

This is Part One of a three-part series. With increasingly intense wildfires over recent years, we in the West are expected to embrace the new wildfire normal, as if it’s normal to have multiple catastrophic fires in any given fire season. Running for your life from burning houses because of...

Exclusive: NRCC Launches NV Campaign Targeting Democrats Over Skyrocketing Gas Prices

August 22, 2023 6:00 amAugust 23, 2023 12:49 pm

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has announced a targeted nationwide billboard and digital advertising campaign that includes Nevada Reps. Dina Titus, Susie Lee and Steven Horsford, holding them accountable for skyrocketing gas prices. Respectively, the hybrid billboard and digital advertising campaign will appear in close proximity to gas stations...

Lombardo Signs Bill Allowing Agency To Limit Water Use

June 8, 2023 9:01 amJune 15, 2023 1:20 pm

On Tuesday, Governor Joe Lombardo signed Assembly Bill 220, giving the Southern Nevada Water Authority the power to limit residential water use to 0.5 acre-feet per year per home if the federal government slashes Nevada’s share of the Colorado river below a certain threshold. With his signature, Nevada became the...

OPINION: Ballot Question 1, The ERA That ERAses Women

November 7, 2022 2:36 pmNovember 14, 2022 11:44 am

According to Ms. Magazine, “Advocates are fighting to make Nevada the 27th state by passing the most comprehensive ERA in the country. If passed, the Nevada ERA would be the first time that an equal rights amendment explicitly protects people on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender...

Rep. Dina Titus ‘Honored’ To Receive Sierra Club Endorsement

May 12, 2022 3:11 pmMay 12, 2022 3:22 pm

Earlier this month, the Sierra Club announced their endorsement of Democratic Rep. Dina Titus (CD-1). In response, Titus tweeted she was ‘honored’ to receive their endorsement. https://twitter.com/dinatitus/status/1523705280504033280?s=20&t=sFCDn2-qWoUR87fYlKcGkw Although Nevadans’ are facing the highest gas prices on record, the Sierra Club advocates for increased gas taxes, indexed to inflation and fuel...

As Gas Prices Soar to Record Highs, Rep. Susie Lee Cashes In

March 30, 2022 2:14 pmMarch 31, 2022 10:24 am

This week, Nevada set new records in the Biden economy. According to AAA, gas prices have, once again, reached historic highs at an average of $5.25 a gallon. Prompting the Las Vegas Review Journal to ask, “Is $6 gas possible?” noting that gas prices have risen to historic highs 12...