"All Our Blogs" / Blog on Energy & Climate Change...
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'...
Update #27) Mark Your Calendar for Environmental Day at the Capitol 2025!
November 1, 2024
...for Feb 12, 2025 -- our annual lobby day, "Environmental Day at the Capitol" -- to meet legislators, hear from speakers, and connect with other advocates -- Mark your calendar -- and RSVP, so we can plan food/materials, and get your district ID
At Phoenix Earth Day Rally, Elected Officials Join Climate Leaders to Demand Climate Action
April 22, 2024
Hundreds Join in at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at Event Hosted by Climate Action Campaign -- alongside several Arizona officials and leading climate, justice, and public health organizations, hosted a dynamic “Climate Solutions Now” Earth Day Rally...
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)
Endorsements for SRP 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...