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Andy Wirth is a famous name of the hotel industry and mountain resorts and also a great contributor to community service and environmental organizations in the area of Lake Tahoe, focusing to generally improve the area for people of every age. Wirth is a also a member of the Tahoe Fund “Founders Circle” and is a recipient of numerous professional, philanthropic and community service awards.
Recently, the Reno Gazette-Journal published here: http://www.rgj.com/story/opinion/voices/2015/09/11/op-ed-clean-power-good-move-environment-economy/72099602/ that the Clean Power Plan was voted to get support from the Reno City Council, which will certainly help distance our country from contaminated coal power and move towards renewable and clean energy.


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