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The main focus of the Grand Canyon Chapter’s climate and energy work is to encourage the use of renewable energy resources and to promote additional energy efficiency and conservation. Our objective is to ensure a just and timely transition from coal and gas in order to reduce global climate change, pollution, and other environmental degradation related to reliance on fossil fuels and nuclear energy, and to promote climate justice to ensure that those most affected by the climate crisis--Black, Indigenous, and People of Color--have a more resilient and equitable future.
A list of Blog Posts -- on our efforts for 'Energy / Climate Change'...
Inflation Reduction Act Delivers More than $156 Million in Solar for All Funds for Arizona
April 22, 2024
...to enable low-income and disadvantaged households to benefit from low-cost, clean solar energy—benefits that include home energy savings, energy resilience, improved air quality, wealth building, and quality jobs (plus more funds to Tribes)
Week #16) Legislature Continues Its One-day-a-week Schedule
April 19, 2024
After the AZ Supreme Court sanctioned a Civil War-era complete abortion ban, some in the GOP could not backpedal fast enough. Rather than consider a bill to eliminate the total ban, the majority shut down the session for another week, so stay tuned...
SRP Election for Board of Directors on April 2
March 25, 2024
Sierra Club has endorsed 7 candidates for Salt River Project election for Board of Directors on April 2, 2024 -- Vote for a Better SRP! -- Vote for Clean Energy! -- Vote for Our Future! -- SRP BoD sets energy policies, and rates for water/electricity
What you need to know about the upcoming SRP elections
March 1, 2024
Learn about the upcoming SRP elections and why they're unfair and undemocratic.
AZ Leaders Gather in South Phoenix to Talk about Soot Air Pollution and the New EPA Standards
February 21, 2024
Phoenix, AZ – Community leaders gathered today at First New Life Church in South Phoenix to express their appreciation for the new, tighter Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Standards for Soot, or PM 2.5 Particulate Matter air pollution.
What’s scarier than ghosts, monsters, and haunted houses this Halloween? Health Experts and Advocates Sound the Alarm on the Dangers of Gas Power Plants
October 25, 2023
What’s scarier? Too many gas plants and the climate crisis! Today, we gathered outside SRP’s Kyrene gas plant to highlight why the EPA must set the strongest standards for power plants, with focus on the dangers of gas power plants. See our video...
SRP’s Approved Integrated System Plan Prolongs Fossil Fuel Dependence, Igniting Climate Concerns
October 2, 2023
TEMPE, AZ -- Today the Salt River Project (SRP) Board approved its Integrated System Plan (ISP) to guide how the utility plans to generate its power. This means SRP will continue to rely on coal and add more harmful gas-fired plants that will...
2023 Environmental Report Card for AZ Legislature and Governor
August 30, 2023
The longest session on record -- Very little was accomplished -- Governor Hobbs’ veto stamp got a workout as legislators sent up a slew of bad ideas, some repeatedly -- The attacks on democratic processes were again significant and frequent with...
Arizonans Celebrate the One Year Anniversary of the Signing of the Inflation Reduction Act and its Historic Investments for Arizona Clean Energy and Jobs
August 16, 2023
Arizonans won big with the unprecedented climate and clean energy investments approved in the historic Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Nearly 8 in 10 state residents support climate and clean energy...
ACC Approves SRP Gas Plant Expansion and APS Settlement Deal in Decisions that are Bad for Ratepayers and Climate
June 21, 2023
...SRP and APS share little concern for...the public interest, and ratepayers end up on the hook-- Today’s decisions are a blow for Arizona’s communities who trust the ACC to act in their benefit, to air quality, to climate.”