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 distributed generation such as community solar, building electrification and efficiency, and closing the loop for end-of-life materials for renewable energy and electrification equipment.  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.

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

Presenter(s):

  • Steve Hamile, COO Sol-up

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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

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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 

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July 17, 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

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

Presenter(s): 

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

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September 18, 2024 at 2-3pm:  National Carbon Pricing and Nevada 

Presenter(s): 

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

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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

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