Author: Amanda Lariviere

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 […]

The (Air) Wave of The Future

“Mini-splits are the wave of the future,” says Sarah Buss of Flagstaff, Arizona. Buss is a working professional in real estate and home remodels, and she owns a small Airbnb management company. She’s relied on CozyHome—an energy efficiency contractor business in Flagstaff—to install mini-split heat pumps in her personal home, two of her rental properties, […]

How Arizona’s Carbon Emissions Compare to Other States

With each passing year, the effects of climate change become seemingly more obvious. According to NASA, June 2023 was the hottest June on record for the planet. In the United States, this summer has been marred by severe flooding in Vermont, record breaking heat waves in Arizona and Florida, and intermittent air quality alerts across […]

Experts: Climate change is contributing to hotter summers in Arizona 

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Heat waves are nothing new in Phoenix, but climate experts said the heat waves are becoming hotter, and they’re happening more often. Every day in July so far has hit more than 110 degrees. For perspective: In 1974, we had a heatwave that lasted 18 days, but temperatures still dipped back down […]

Experts: Climate change is contributing to hotter summers in Arizona

Heat waves are nothing new in Phoenix, but climate experts said the heat waves are becoming hotter, and they’re happening more often. Every day in July so far has hit more than 110 degrees. For perspective: In 1974, we had a heatwave that lasted 18 days, but temperatures still dipped back down to the 70s […]

Evie Networks and TCRT to Establish Headquarters in Phoenix

Evie Networks, a leading Australian electric vehicle fast-charging company, and TCRT, a fire-retardant ballistic rubber and product manufacturer, have selected Phoenix, Arizona as the site of their North American headquarters. Evie Networks will establish electric vehicle charging stations across Arizona and expects to have its first U.S. sites up and running within 18 months. The new […]

My View: Arizona is raking in clean energy investments. Let’s not get in the way

In this guest column, an executive with a nonprofit that brings investors and businesses together to promote sustainable projects looks at how Arizona has gained a place of prominence in the clean energy manufacturing renaissance featuring growth in electric vehicle, battery and solar projects, and warns against efforts that might try to derail this progress […]