Climate


FILE - Wind turbines work at sunset on a wind farm near Del Rio, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday, May 16, to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Republicans’ Potential Repeal of Clean Energy Law Threatens Jobs, Communities, and Climate

House Republicans’ latest attack on the Inflation Reduction Act comes in the form of the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, which would repeal or shorten clean energy and manufacturing incentives.

Buses line up outside Tempe High School in this 2021 file photo. Bus driver is just one of the positions that school administrators around the state say they have trouble filling, along with teachers, nurses, custodians, secretaries and more, as school salaries often can't compete with the private sector. (File photo by Kelly Richmond/Cronkite News)
Isaac School District Celebrates Federal Funding for Safer, Clean-Energy School Buses

The funding specifically comes from the EPA’s Clean School Bus Program, which provides school districts with rebates to replace existing school buses with clean models.

FILE - The late afternoon temperature hits 115-degrees in downtown Phoenix, Monday, June 19, 2017. As heat waves fueled by climate change arrive earlier, grow more intense and last longer, people over 60 who are more vulnerable to high temperatures are increasingly at risk of dying from heat-related causes.  (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)
Deadly Heat Waves Threaten Older People in Arizona as Summer Nears

Healthcare clinics and local governments are being tested to keep older people safe as extreme temperatures approach in summer.

FILE - This photo shows Colorado River water running through farmland on the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation, Feb. 19, 2018 in Parker, Ariz. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca, File)
New Grants From Infrastructure Law To Help Arizona’s Water Problems

Several local advocates say that these new grants will help all Arizonans reduce their water usage, which will not only benefit local communities, but farms and ecosystems as well.

The winning team in Phoenix's first Innovation Challenge holds its $3,500 check on April 6, 2023. (Photo by Gianna Abdallah/Cronkite News)
Phoenix Turns to Residents For Solutions for Providing Chilled Drinking Water in Public Places

In its first public challenge, the Phoenix Office of Innovation gave residents a problem to solve: Come up with creative ideas for providing chilled drinking water in public places.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 08: Kris Mayes, Democratic candidate for Arizona Attorney General, speaks at a Women's March rally in support of midterm election candidates who support abortion rights outside the State Capitol on October 8, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mayes faces Trump-endorsed Arizona Republican nominee for attorney general Abe Hamadeh in the midterm elections on November 8. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Arizona AG Kris Mayes Revokes Water Permits for Saudi Arabia-Owned Farm

Mayes just saved her state a ton of water—6,000 gallons per minute, to be exact. That's enough to supply more than 14,000 households with water per month.

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Here’s How You Can Combat the Climate Crisis in Your Own Backyard

Mesa and Phoenix have created tools to help the community get involved in planting more trees to help keep temperatures down and reduce heat-related illnesses.