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July 7, 2025

Congress Passes Big Beautiful Bill Which Provides Handouts To The Fossil Fuel Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 3, 2025   CONTACT: Russell Kuhlman, Executive Director, Nevada Wildlife Federation: Kuhlman@nvwf.org Congress Passes Big Beautiful Bill Which Provides Handouts To The Fossil […]
July 7, 2025

Senate Republicans Introduce Proposal to Rollback Fossil Fuel Reforms

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 12, 2025  CONTACT: Russell Kuhlman, Executive Director, Nevada Wildlife Federation: Kuhlman@nvwf.org  Senate Republicans Introduce Proposal to Rollback Fossil Fuel Reforms NEVADA- The Senate […]
July 7, 2025

Senate Republicans Introduce Language Into the One Big Beautiful Bill to Sell Off 2.5 Million Acres of Public Lands in Eleven Western States

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2025 CONTACT: Russell Kuhlman, Executive Director, Nevada Wildlife Federation: Kuhlman@nvwf.org  Senate Republicans Introduce Language Into the One Big Beautiful Bill to Sell […]
July 7, 2025

Local firefighting agencies prepare for fire season, unimpacted by federal funding cuts

CHANNEL NEWS 4 Local firefighting agencies held a community wildfire panel Wednesday to discuss the upcoming wildfire season and address funding concerns with the public. While […]
July 7, 2025

Can next-gen geothermal bridge energy development and conservation?

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE Both water quantity and quality are important in the dry climate of Nevada. Now, a proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency could roll […]
July 7, 2025

‘Political realities’ killed Nevada bill that would permanently fund wildlife crossings

NEVADA INDEPENDENT Nevada lawmakers had hoped to come up with a permanent funding source this session to build wildlife bypasses — structures that help animals safely […]
July 7, 2025

Nevada must more aggressively fund crossings for wildlife

LAS VEGAS JOURNAL Every year, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation, more than 500 reported wildlife-vehicle collisions occur annually, costing the state close to $20 […]
July 7, 2025

Public Land Watchdogs Protest Expansio of Oil and Gas Leases

MISSOURI CURRENT Federal tax watchdogs and citizens who use public lands are speaking out against a Senate bill that would prioritize resource extraction over all other […]
July 7, 2025

The Future of the Ruby Mountains

SIERRA NEVADA ALLY The Ruby Mountains in Elko County, Nevada, has many names: “Nevada’s Hidden Sierras,” “the Swiss Alps of the West,” and “Nevada’s Outdoor Recreation […]
July 7, 2025

Finding balance in addressing the housing crisis without sacrificing our way of life

NEVADA CURRENT Arguing over how to use the land in Nevada has defined the political conversation for a long time, starting with statehood, running through the […]
July 7, 2025

Reversing Biden-era ruling, feds re-open Ruby Mountains to oil, gas and geothermal leasing

NEVADA CURRENT Federal land managers have canceled their proposal to withdraw about 264,000 acres of public land in Nevada’s Ruby Mountain from oil, gas and geothermal […]
July 7, 2025

Trump Administration Opens More Public Land to Drilling and Mining

NEW YORK TIMES The Trump administration has opened thousands of acres of land in Nevada and New Mexico to oil and gas drilling, geothermal development and […]
July 7, 2025

Poll: Nevadans oppose ramping up oil, gas development

PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will consider reversing Biden-era restrictions on oil and gas leasing in states like Nevada on Tuesday. […]
July 7, 2025

Amodei explains why he moved to sell Nevada lands to backfill GOP cuts, infuriating Dems

NEVADA INDEPENDENT Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) and House Republicans passed an amendment to sell off hundreds of thousands of acres of public land in Nevada without […]
July 7, 2025

Amodei speaks on controversial lands amendment

CHANNEL 8 NEWS WASHINGTON, D.C. (KOLO) – The United States House Natural Resources Committee approved an amendment to the U.S. Budget Reconciliation Package on Tuesday, May […]
July 7, 2025

Tribal leaders and advocates rally against controversial plan to sell public lands in Nevada and Utah

KNPR More than a dozen elected officials, tribal leaders and activists held a press conference Thursday in Reno to condemn U.S. Representatives Mark Amodei of Nevada […]
July 7, 2025

Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS For years, Nevada’s congressional delegation and leading Las Vegas officials have been pushing Congress to pass the Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation […]
July 7, 2025

Amendment to sell Nevada public lands removed from bill after closed-door meeting

CHANNEL 3 NEWS LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — An amendment proposed by U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, to sell over 450,000 acres of public land in Nevada […]
July 7, 2025

Amodei’s land sale amendment removed from reconciliation bill

Channel News 4 An amendment proposed by U.S. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nevada, to sell over 450,000 acres of public land in Nevada has been removed from […]
July 7, 2025

Nevada third for federal oil potential in new study, but industry growth still unlikely

NEVADA CURRENT The federal government raised its estimate this week for how much oil and gas could be extracted from public lands in Nevada, placing the […]