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Catalina's "Blog on Energy in Arizona"
The Google Group for Tucson Energy (also the hub of the TEP Action Team, and where you'll find the "Action Timeline" dates),...
If you'd like to be on the Action Team, please fill out this doodle poll to help find...
To easily submit comments about Rate Case and Integrated Resource Plan, take actions on our Add Up page:
You can also submit comments directly to those dockets, if you prefer this I can send instructions.
There were questions about what a "Just Transition" is and where we might see a good example of one.
Here's plenty of reading on just transition and its application, in a report compiled by lots of organizations including the Sierra Club.
I will try to post some articles I've seen of successes -- to the Google Group listed above.
Let me know if you'd like to talk more about this.
Thanks for taking action,
~ Catalina Ross - catalina.ross@sierraclub.org
Energy Program Coordinator
Grand Canyon Chapter
Tucson, Arizona
Office: 520.867.8683
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(per email from Catalina Ross, Sierra Club) -- Hello Tucsonans! We have some big news!! The City of Tucson will be considering and holding a vote on an initiative to declare a climate emergency put forward by Mayor Regina Romero and Councilmember...
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