Dependence on Big Oil, Dirty Coal Could Cost Arizona $637 Billion By 2030 7/02/2009

Between 2010 and 2030, Arizona will spend as much as $637.4 billion on oil, coal, and other fossil fuels -- 4.6 times the total earnings of all Arizona workers in 2007.

The High Cost of Fossil Fuels 7/02/2009

America is at an energy crossroad. As a nation, we are dependent on fossil fuels at a time of growing demand and dwindling supply. Meanwhile, fossil fuel use continues to impose massive environmental and economic costs. Now our country must choose between paying to continue the status quo and investing in a new energy future.

Quietly Paving Paradise 4/17/2009

America’s roadless national forests are treasured pieces of our common landscape and heritage. Pristine forests have provided generation after generation of Americans with clean air and water, and opportunities to experience the beauty of the great outdoors

A Down Payment on a Clean Energy Economy 3/04/2009

The challenge is the economy; the opportunity is clean energy. More and more Americans realize that these challenges are connected.

APS annouces major solar power plant 2/21/2008

Arizona's solar-power supply is about to get a lot bigger. A solar-energy plant planned near Gila Bend will be among the world's largest when it opens in 2011, Arizona Public Service Co. said Wednesday. If the solar-thermal plant passes upcoming regulatory and tax hurdles, it will be built and operated by a Spanish company. APS will buy all the electricity from the plant to supply its 1.1 million customers.

Escalating Ice Loss Found in Antarctica 1/14/2008

Climatic changes appear to be destabilizing vast ice sheets of western Antarctica that had previously seemed relatively protected from global warming, researchers reported yesterday, raising the prospect of faster sea-level rise than current estimates.