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Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to defend our public lands, wildlife, air, water, and communities from climate change, development, and corporate greed. When times are hard, take care of yourself. Enjoy the breeze on your face, the smell of flowers, laughter with friends, and a few minutes, hours, or days unplugged from the news. Then come back and join Toiyabe Chapter activists as we work to make a better world. Here are are few of our latest goings on.
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SCOTUS Rulings Endanger Us All
As you have probably heard, the Supreme Court has seriously limited the EPA’s authority to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. And it has endangered the lives of millions of women by overturning Roe v. Wade.
What are the implications of the EPA ruling? Learn from the experts in this excellent analysis in Sierra Magazine.
On the abortion front, no one should ever be forced to choose between raising a child in a neighborhood with lead-tainted water, polluted air, and sweltering heat or not having a child.
Although Sierra Club is not a reproductive rights organization, we will follow the lead of those who are. And we are well-positioned to tackle the environmental challenges that put millions of mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters at risk.
Learn why Environmental Justice is part of Reproductive Justice from Sierra Club's Managing Director Eva Hernandez-Simmons.
What both of these decisions mean is that elections and local politics matter. We must elect champions who will secure a safe and healthy future for all. And we must engage with those leaders to demand laws that achieve these ends.
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Plastic-Free July: Movie and Discussion
The movie Story of Plastic takes a sweeping look at the worldwide effects of single-use plastics on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it. If we want to make a difference, we need to pay attention to the out-of-sight, out-of-mind aspects of our daily activities.
Register here to watch the story of plastic for free at your own convenience anytime this month. Then join us for an optional post-screening discussion on July 31 at 11am Pacific Time.
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Speakers Series: Nevada Rail Coalition
Transportation is the biggest source of climate-disrupting emissions in the United States and a major source of air pollution, especially impacting disadvantaged communities. The Nevada Rail Coalition advocates for an expanded, robust rail system in the West as the keystone of a low-carbon, environmentally sustainable and socially just transportation system. Join this virtual event to hear Anne Macquarie explain how a robust rail network can become a key part of Nevada's sustainable future.
July 20 at 6pm
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Support Toiyabe Chapter's Work. Become a Monthly Donor.
If you have been a regular reader of this newsletter, you know that we are constantly rising to protect the air you breathe, the water you drink, your community, our precious public lands and wildlife, and your family. You can depend on us to advocate and work for a better world. Can we depend on you to support this important work?
Please donate today. Become a monthly donor. For the price of a coffee or lunch each month, you can become a stalwart supporter of our work.
All donations stay here in Nevada, Lake Tahoe and the Eastern Sierra to defend our hope for a future for all.
Thank you!
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Reno's Inspiring Connections Outdoors Needs You!
Are you interested in outings in the Sierras? Do you believe all youth should be able to access and safely enjoy the wilderness and create a lifelong passion for the environment? Do you want to be a part of a life-altering program for young people with great benefits to our community and to you as an adult in our world?
The new all-volunteer Inspiring Connections Outdoors Chapter in Reno is ready to launch, and we need your help! Up to 25 interested volunteers and potential trip leaders can take part in ICO’s Outdoor Leadership Training over the weekend of September 23-25 at the beautiful Sierra Club Clair Tappan Lodge.
Learn more and take action here.
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Celebrate Latino Conservation Week
Join Sierra Club, our partners at For Our Future Nevada, and other as we celebrate the end of Latino Conservation Week with Cocktails & Conservation.
July 22, 2022 at Dona Maria Tamales Restaurant, 910 S. Las Vegas Blvd. 89101
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Support Local Environmental Activism
Everything you read here requires money to support the activists, staff, and tools that make our work possible every day.
Your support can make a difference!
All funds stay here in Nevada, Lake Tahoe, and the Eastern Sierra
to support local community activists.
Thank you!
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Join the Sierra Club
Thanks for reading. Become an environmental champion by becoming a member! The Sierra Club is the largest, most enduring grassroots environmental organization in the nation. Your membership makes us stronger!
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Volunteer Today!
Our success in everything we do depends on volunteer like you. Frustrated with the world? Then #showup and make a difference!
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