Biden Touts Climate Policy in Arizona Amid Record Heat
President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the Grand Canyon on Tuesday, aiming to promote his climate policies on the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act and to reverse his poor approval ratings, which present a major hurdle in the 2024 presidential election. Mr. Biden highlighted his administration’s “historic investments” in climate policies and […]
Report added 13,000 clean-energy jobs in past year, 7th best in U.S.
Arizona added almost 13,000 clean-energy jobs in the past year, good enough for seventh-most among states and evidence that the state is becoming a “powerhouse” for clean energy and electric vehicle production, a new report says. The report from Climate Power said those were part of the more than 170,000 jobs nationwide that it claims […]
University of Arizona to Improve Access to Clean Energy Tech
(TNS) — A new environmental justice center based at the University of Arizona will try to parlay a $10 million, five-year federal grant into helping low-income communities access billions of federal dollars for solar panels, home insulation, roof coating and other clean-energy projects. The federal Inflation Reduction Act, approved last year, will be funneling these […]