Stories tagged: "climate crisis"
The leases that allowed Fondomonte to farm and pump groundwater from 3,500 acres in rural Arizona will not be renewed after they end in February 2024.
OPINION: Arizona’s utility regulators must step in and ensure the state’s electricity providers prioritize sustainable, clean energy solutions over profit.
The Central Arizona Project is investing $6 million dollars to build purification facilities, and the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes roughly $310 million for water recycling development nationwide.
Sens. Wendy Rogers and Anthony Kern introduced bills this year they said would address a land lease the state made with a Saudia Arabian-based company that grants them unlimited access to groundwater in La Paz County.
The Gila River Indian Community is getting funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to install solar panels on their canals, and research is being done by SRP and ASU to bring solar panels to canals all over Arizona.
The law ensured that 41,000 Arizonans were able to keep their health insurance, reduced the cost of insulin for over 28,000 seniors, and incentivized several manufacturers to invest in the state and create more clean energy jobs.
Transitioning government vehicles from gasoline to electric would save $283 million by 2033 and drastically reduce Arizona's greenhouse gas emissions.
