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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...
Conservationists celebrate lobo cross-fostering successes but concerns remain about genetic crisis and freeze on wolf family releases
May 26, 2023
"“The US Fish and Wildlife Service must act now to add well-bonded families of wolves into the wild to address the genetic emergency and better aid recovery of Mexican wolves.” To date, 99 pups have been fostered...but only 14 [reached breeding age]
Sierra Club Statement on Secretary Haaland’s visit to Grand Canyon to hear from Tribes on the proposed Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument
May 21, 2023
GRAND CANYON – On Saturday, Secretary of the Department of Interior, Deb Haaland, met with Tribal and community leaders at Grand Canyon National Park to learn more about a proposed national monument to protect more than one million acres of lands...
Film "Every Last Drop: The Demise of Pinto Creek"
May 4, 2023
A film by Craig Johnson (by the Sierra Club Grand Canyon chapter and Palo Verde Group) -- A copper mine is pumping water from this remote river valley, killing off rare riparian wildlife habitat and diverting copious amounts of natural water away...
Federal Managers Authorize Cattle in San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
April 7, 2023
BLM...authorize livestock grazing in the SPRNCA, once again prioritizing private livestock use over wildlife, clean water, and native plants -- According to conservation groups, [this follows BLM's] long history of failing to comply with federal law
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....
The Sierra Club Palo Verde Group Sticker Design Contest
March 16, 2023
The Palo Verde Group (Phoenix area) of the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter is inviting high school student artists from across Arizona to showcase their talents by submitting a design for stickers that will be distributed to attendees at our events...
News Release: Glen Canyon Dam Operations Must Safeguard Grand Canyon’s Humpback Chub
March 10, 2023
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation must manage Colorado River flows to prevent non-native smallmouth bass populations from establishing, thereby jeopardizing threatened humpback chub in the Grand Canyon, conservationists warned in formal comments...