Thomas Young, Thomas.young@sierraclub.org
Las Vegas, NV -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a rich history of improving air and water quality throughout the US, but the Trump Administration has proposed slashing the Agency’s budget by 31 percent. These cuts would cause significant harm here in Nevada. This Friday, former EPA staff and clean air advocates will speak to defend the Agency, which was created 47 years ago on December 2nd, 1970, by Republican President Richard Nixon.
Date: Friday, December 1st
Time: 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. PST
Location: US Environmental Protection Agency, 944 E. Harmon Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89119
Speakers:
- Eymhy Corpus, Sierra Club Organizing Representative
- Jeffrey Van Ee, Former pollution specialist at the EPA
- Alondra Regalado, Senator in the undergraduate student government at UNLV; President of Scientista Foundation, a campus organization dedicated to promoting women in STEM.
The EPA has been critical in helping clean up Nevada’s thousands of abandoned mines, 399 brownfield sites, and the Carson River Mercury Superfund Site. In 2016 alone, the EPA provided nearly $50 million to clean up lands and protect communities in the state. As Nevada continues to regularly exceed previous heat records, experience an ongoing drought, and face increased threat from wildfire, the EPA has been tasked with cleaning up the dangerous carbon pollution that fuels climate change. Without maintaining EPA resources, Nevada’s Division of Environmental Protection will be stretched thin to try to compensate for lost resources.
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3 million members and supporters. In addition to helping people from all backgrounds explore nature and our outdoor heritage, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.