Toiyabe News and Issues Blog

For the Sierra Club, every day is Earth Day. But we love the community events each April that give us the opportunity to meet new people, share what we do, and encourage people to get involved. Toiyabe Chapter and our local groups will be at a...

Efforts are underway to raise the Renewable Portfolio Standards (the minimum amount of renewable energy provided to consumers) in both California and Nevada, after both were defeated in each state last year. With your help this year, maybe they can...

Please help protect Mt Rose: support protecting acquired lands from development. Here are the points to mention in your comments: • Thank the USFS for the draft Mt. Rose EIS and express your strong support for the proposed amendment to...

An agreement that took eight years of public engagement and compromise to find a balance between renewable energy development and conservation across seven counties in the California desert is now at risk. The Trump Administration is exploring...

Spend time considering environmental issues, and you’ve probably thought about your environmental footprint—the sum total of all negative environmental impacts of the resources you consume and pollution you produce while living your life. What if...

The North Valmy Generating Station is the last remaining utility-owned coal plant in Nevada after the Reid Gardner plant closed in March of 2017. In May of 2017, Valmy’s co-owner, Idaho Power, announced their plansto close Unit 1 in 2019 and Unit 2...

The Reno City Council votes today, as early as 4pm. Tell them NO to the leap-frog sprawl development StoneGate.

By Sue JacoxWe couldn’t have asked for more beautiful blue sky days to introduce four busloads of eager Reno and Sparks students to their first snowshoeing experience.  Afterwards some said the most important thing they learned was, “...

Wanted: bookkeeper for Toiyabe Chapter

Developed by the Nevadans for Affordable Clean Energy Choices (NACEC), the Clean Energy Project, and the Sierra Club in October 2016 ahead of Nevada’s statewide vote on Question 3, the Energy Choice Initiative.