Climate Crisis Demands Change by Jonah Platt

Climate Crisis Demands Change was published by The Grass Valley Union. In addition to being a Nevada County Sunrise member, Jonah Platt is a member of the Board of Directors of Earth Justice Ministries. We, the Nevada County Sunrise Chapter, are calling on the people of our community to support us and others as we

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Water: More Precious than Gold

By Sharon Delgado and Dianna Suarez Union article:  Water: More Precious than Gold             Even in the wake of the tremendous losses locally caused by the River Fire, and as heat waves, wildfires, drought, and smoke devastate Northern California, Rise Gold continues to inflate the economic benefits of reopening the

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Embracing our multiracial heritage

by Becky Gillespie https://www.theunion.com/opinion/columns/becky-gillespie-embracing-our-multiracial-heritage/ My husband and I recently had the pleasure of watching the film “Summer of Soul ( … Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” at the Del Oro Theater. The documentary chronicles a pivotal moment in Black culture by interweaving interviews from festival attendees and performers along with clips pertaining

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No Climate for Reopening a Mine

Sharon Delgado     As we residents of Nevada County struggle to adapt to extreme drought, heat waves, water shortages, periodic power outages, and threat of forest fires, Rise Gold is trying to persuade us that reopening the Idaho-Maryland mine would do us good. Yet regardless of its recent flawed and deceptive survey, the mine

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