Nevada Climate Forum

Welcome to the new Nevada Climate Forum! The Climate Team of Partners for a Sustainable Nevada (PSN) organized this forum as an online monthly gathering of climate and sustainability leaders in the state.  The Forum will feature presentations and panel discussions on climate actions, challenges, updates, information, and solutions. Below you can register for each presentation you want to attend and you will receive a calendar invite and online event link.

The purposes of the forum are:

  • Further participants' climate education
  • Enhance awareness of the work being done in Nevada currently
  • Allow speakers to receive input from the climate community
  • Provide a venue for attendees to share relevant announcements
  • Create a network of support to everyone working in the climate mitigation space  

The focus of the forums is on solutions that help reduce Nevada’s net GHG emissions. The PSN Climate Team’s focus areas are 1) distributed generation such as community solar, 2) building electrification and efficiency, 3) renewable energy and electrification materials circular loop, 4) clean transportation and 5) land-use and planning to reduce climate pollution.  We’ve arranged a schedule of presentations on these and other climate topics and related sustainability issues.  For more information or to volunteer to present in future months, please contact Brian Thornton at brian.thornton.nv@gmail.com, PSN Climate Team Lead.

Register for Upcoming Presentations:

Please note: the views expressed in these presentations and audience commentary do not necessarily reflect the views of NDEP and the Partners for a Sustainable Nevada (PSN) and the member organizations and individuals.

     

    January 15, 2025: National Carbon Pricing and Nevada 

    Presenter(s): 

    • Michelle Hamilton, Nevada Co-Coordinator, Citizens’ Climate Lobby

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    February 19, 2025: Nevada Clean Cities - Alternative Transportation Fuels 

    Presenter(s):

    • Nicole Wargo, Sustainability Fellow, Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability

    • Chris Lynch, Director of Nevada Business Environmental Program, University of Nevada, Reno

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    March 19, 2025: Green Certification Helps Businesses Save Money and Reach Climate Action Goals

    Presenter(s):

    • Donna Walden, President of greenUP! and Director of Nevada Green Business Network

    • Erica Gallegos, Green Business Program Coordinator at Western Nevada College

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    April 9, 2025: Urban Planning and Climate Mitigation 

    Presenter(s):

    • Peter Gower, Strategy Director for Green Energy, Infrastructure, and Land Use in Nevada, The Nature Conservancy

    • Marco Velotta, Planning Project Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Las Vegas

    • Scott Carey, AICP Chapter President for the Nevada Chapter of the American Planning Association

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    Past Forum Presentations: 

    Please contact Bree Case (bcase@ndep.nv.gov) for access to a presentation recording. 

     

    May 15, 2024 at 2-3pm: Distributed Generation and Electrification in Nevada  

    Presenter(s):

    • Steve Hamile, COO Sol-up

    June 13, 2024 at 2-3pm: NV Energy 2024 Triennial Integrated Resource Plan: A focus on proposals for the demand side management plan, transportation electrification plan, and the distributed resource plan

    Presenter(s): 

    • Marie Steele, Vice President of Integrated Energy Services, NV Energy

    June 26, 2024 at 2-3pm:  Working Toward Climate Equity through Urban Forestry, Air Quality, and Extreme Heat Mitigation

    Presenter(s): 

    • Lauren Boitel, Executive Director, Impact NV
    • Peter Gower, Strategy Director for Green Energy, Infrastructure, and Land Use in Nevada, The Nature Conservancy 

    August 21, 2024 at 2-3pm:  Labor and the Clean Energy Economy 

    Presenter(s): 

    • Pesach Chananiah, PhD, Nevada Policy Organizer, BlueGreen Alliance Foundation

    September 18, 2024 at 2-3pm: Community Solar Strategies in Nevada 

    Presenter(s): 

    • Lina Tanner, Managing Member, Tanner Law and Strategy Group
    • Marco Velotta, Planning Project Manager and Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Las Vegas
    •  Suzanne Groneman, Sustainability Manager, City of Reno

    October 16, 2024 at 2-3pm: Reducing Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions in Beer/Ale Brewing

    Presenter(s): 

    • Sandra Carroll, Ph.D., Principal Scientist and Environmental Consultant, Sandra L. Carroll, LLC. Board Member, greenUP! 

    • Kevin Drake, Co-Owner and President, Alibi Aleworks

    November 20, 2024 at 2-3pm: Nevadans' Health Under a Changing Climate

    Presenter(s): 

    • Joanne Leovy MD, Chair of Nevada Clinicians for Climate Action

    • Melissa Ramos, Senior Manager for Clean Air Advocacy, American Lung Association

    December 11, 2024 at 2-3pm: Renewable Energy and Electrification Circular Economy in Nevada  

    Presenter(s): 

    • Alexia Sober, Comstock, Community Manager

    • Tricia Dutcher, Redwood Materials, Research and Policy Analyst