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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'...
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.”
Sierra Club Opposes SRP's Request to ACC to reverse its Decision to Deny Siting Approval for Coolidge Plant Expansion
June 20, 2023
..."SRP is now asking the ACC to just say okay to the project without additional review despite the significant changes SRP is proposing. Because of those significant changes, SRP needs to file an amended certificate of environmental compatibility...
Arizonans Weigh in For Clean Air: Deliver More Than 15,000 Comments to EPA In Support of Strong Soot Protections
March 28, 2023
Arizona -- The Environmental Protection Agency asked to hear from the public on what they think about new proposed soot standards, and more than half a million answered the call and made clear they want those standards to be as strong as possible....
Arizona Climate Leaders Celebrate Historic Investments for Arizona
September 1, 2022
...to Address Extreme Weather, Expand Clean Energy, and Create Jobs -- Leaders Thank President Biden and Arizona’s Congressional Climate Supporters for Passing the Inflation Reduction Act... [click thru for PDF (3-pg) -- plus, a video of full press...
Our 2022 Overview of Arizona Legislature
August 4, 2022
Our "2022 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" (21 pages) -- The 2022 Legislative Session was again long and unproductive, regarding the major environmental issues facing our state -- The attacks on democracy...
Sierra Club Releases "2022 Environmental Report Card" for AZ Legislature
August 3, 2022
Phoenix, AZ -- Sierra Club released its "2022 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" (21 pages) -- The 2022 Legislative Session was again long and unproductive, regarding the major environmental issues facing our state...