Toiyabe News and Issues Blog

By now most in this region have heard of the proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in north-central Nevada. This has triggered a flurry of articles by the news media, the mining industry, and of course conservation organizations. The chapter is...

Here's an update of upcoming events Sierra Club is leading and participating in around energy and transportation. Join us!

Nevada's Legislature became the first in the nation to pass a resolution in support of protecting 30% of Nevada's lands and waters by the year 2030. Now we need Congress to follow through and protect these important landscapes. Find out here how you...

Meet Anne, a lifelong environmental activist who got elected to the Sierra Club Toiyabe Chapter Executive Committee just as we faced two of our greatest challenges yet: the former president of the United States and a global pandemic. Read more about...

I was raised by a wise and kind man who taught me the lessons of our place in time and on this planet, and our role in it all. Advocating for the conservation of public lands, like the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in Nevada, is a point of...

Despite its important and needed proposed wilderness and other land protections, the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, introduced by Senator Cortez Masto and supported by the entire Nevada Congressional Delegation, would...

Since the 1800s, Nevada's minerals have made corporations rich. And Nevadans have been left a toxic legacy at great expense. Nevadans have given enough. It’s time mining corporations pay their fair share. Please support Assembly Joint Resolution 1...