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Advocates urge Planning Commission to initiate data‑center text amendment after council inaction
Summary
Climate and community advocates asked the Reno City Planning Commission to start a Title 18 text amendment and to press the City Council for a permitting pause on data centers, citing concerns about local energy, climate and community impacts.
Robin Palmer, a climate and community advocate, told the Reno City Planning Commission that a grassroots coalition wants the commission to begin a formal zoning text amendment process focused on data centers.
Palmer, who identified herself as "a member of a grassroots coalition of about 20 individuals from a number of organizations including Sierra Club, Third Act, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, Climatiers, Make Roads Nevada," said the commission's Feb. 5 resolution asking the City Council to pause data‑center permitting and direct a comprehensive study was a step forward. "I encourage the…
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