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Here are details of our "Report Card" -- of the 2024 Session of the AZ Legislature and Governor...

• 2024 Environmental Report Card for Arizona Legislature and Governor
  • "...for some time, the major impediments to advancing positive water legislation are the chairs of the House and Senate Natural Resources, Energy, and Water Committees: Representative Gail Griffin and Senator Sine Kerr."
• Tarjeta de Evaluación del Medio Ambiente 2024 para la Legislatura y la Gobernadora de Arizona
• See our initial "Call for Environmental Priorites for 2024" -- released before the start of 2024 Legislature.

Weekly Updates

click for full PDF (2 pages) --  Prioridades Ambientales para Arizona en 2024 para la Legislatura y el Gobernador

Groups Release 2024 Environmental Priorities for Arizona Legislature and Governor

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Phoenix, AZ - Today, 25 plus organizations, including Sierra Club - Grand Canyon Chapter, Arizona Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders for Equity (AZ AANHPI for Equity), Arizona Interfaith Power and Light (AZIPL), Chispa Arizona, Vote Solar, and other environmental, faith, and Indigenous groups presented 2024 Environmental Priorities for the Arizona Legislature and Governor. The priorities were presented in the context of water as a top priority and include climate and clean energy, environmental justice, land protection, and democracy, among other issues.

The groups are asking legislators to pass and the governor to sign bills that will help to better conserve water to provide for a more sustainable future and protect rivers and streams, prioritize climate actions to promote clean energy and reduce pollution and to direct resources to communities that have disproportionately suffered the impacts of climate change. They ask that the legislature and governor prioritize environmental justice to address the disparate impacts of environmental harm to communities of color, protect public lands and wildlife, and to advance measures that make it easier for people to vote.

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Here are details of our "Report Card" --  of the 2023 Session of the AZ Legislature and Governor...

• 2023 Environmental Report Card for Arizona Legislature and Governor
  • 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 more than 200 bills introduced
• Tarjeta de Evaluación del Medio Ambiente 2023 para la Legislatura y la Gobernadora de Arizona
• See our initial "Call for Environmental Priorites for 2023" -- released before the start of 2023 Legislature.

Weekly Updates

click for full PDF (9 pages) -- and full News Release (3 pages)

• Ensure Access to Democracy for All
• Act on the Climate Crisis–Now!
• Protect Precious Water Resources
• Address Environmental Injustice and Racism
• Restore and Protect Land, Habitat, and Wildlife

Supporters include 42 groups.