Climate
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OPINION: Our economy and our planet are on the line
As votes are cast across Arizona, the future of American energy is on the ballot in the 2024 Presidential election, and the consequences matter to our pocketbooks, to our business, and to our planet. The days where climate change was some abstract concept divorced from our daily lives are over. We feel it when we…
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OPINION: Sunshine to Savings: How solar energy became accessible for Arizona families
Going solar was a major, money-saving step for our household, which we wouldn’t have been able to do without the tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act. A year ago, my wife and I decided the time was right to take a leap and join the growing number of Arizona homeowners who are harnessing the…
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Youth climate activists harassed, arrested during sit-in at Trump campaign office
Activists came with a check for $1 billion and $1 to highlight how much Trump demanded from the oil industry in exchange for further gutting environmental regulations if reelected.
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Opinion: The future of clean energy? It’s in the voter’s hands!
Arizonans have the power to impact climate change this November You’ve probably driven on the Loop 202 recently and noticed the highway signs alerting you of another ‘high pollution advisory’ day. If you haven’t seen the air quality alerts, perhaps your sign of climate change in Arizona is reaching you more viscerally through dehydration—or, worse,…
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WFH, Don’t Paint, & More: Maricopa County’s new air pollution strategy
Maricopa County launched a campaign called “Help Keep Ozone Away, Commit to One Day!” Here’s what you need to know about it.
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VIDEO: Phoenix and Flagstaff will use new electric buses
@coppercourier School districts aren't the only places getting electric buses. Did you know Phoenix and Flagstaff have also rolled out electric buses into their fleets? Both cities used federal grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to add electric buses to public transportation. Have you been on an electric bus yet? What did you think? #arizona…
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This Phoenix school district is going electric—and neighbors are breathing easier
The Osborn School District in Phoenix plans to have over half their buses be electric by the 2025-2026 school year.
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VIDEO: Fondomonte—a Saudi business—is out of Arizona
@coppercourier The Saudi-based corporation that’s been sucking up all of Arizona’s groundwater has been kicked out of the state. #aznews #climatecrisis #greeneewdeal #katiehobbs #everythingarizona ♬ original sound – Copper Courier
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VIDEO: What is bill HCR2050 and how will it affect you?
@coppercourier HCR2050 is being voted on today! Thank you @chispaarizona, for this explainer 👇 HCR2050 would put a proposed constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot to prohibit a city, town, county, or any other entity of the state from restricting the manufacture, use, or sale of a device based on the energy source that is…
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Where do old Christmas trees go? Yours might be at the bottom of Roosevelt Lake.
The recycled Christmas trees provide habitats for fish in man-made lakes across Arizona, including Roosevelt Lake.
