"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'...
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...
Sierra Club publica su Tarjeta de Evaluación Ambiental 2022 para la Legislatura de Arizona
August 3, 2022
Phoenix, AZ – El día de hoy, Sierra Club publicó su Tarjeta de Evaluación Ambiental 2022 para la Legislatura y el Gobernador de Arizona. La sesión legislativa de 2022 fue nuevamente larga e improductiva con respecto a los principales problemas...
Calling AZ Senators to Support "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022"
August 2, 2022
Groups Call on Senator Sinema and Senator Kelly to Support Bold Climate Action -- and to vote “Yes” on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 -- 6 groups present petition (signed by 560 Arizonans) -- to both Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Senator Mark...
ACC Reinforces Decision Opposing SRPs Coolidge Expansion
June 11, 2022
Arizona -- The ACC reaffirmed its April decision [...and denied] a rehearing...for SRP's proposed expansion of the gas-fired Coolidge Generating Station -- Today's renewed decision closes out the saga at the ACC [and] marks an important step [for]...
Climate Advocates March 4th for Climate -- Climate Can't Wait
March 4, 2022
(Phoenix, AZ) Today, climate advocates marched from Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s office to Senator Mark Kelly’s office and delivered a letter to each senator highlighting information in a recent report by scientists at the National Oceanic and...