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Leadership on fuel-efficiency standards

Arizona's pioneering clean cars standards, which we helped win, helped pave the way for President Obama's 2011 decision to boost federal fuel efficiency standards to 54.5mpg by 2025, the single biggest step this country has ever taken to break our addiction to oil. Environment Arizona’s federal global warming program director, Nathan Willcox, thanked the president for his leadership on this issue.

News Release | Environment Arizona

Arizona Corporation Commission Voting to Slash Solar

Today outside the Arizona Corporation Commission, environmentalists, faith organizations and business leaders from around the state gathered in opposition to major cuts in solar power and spoke out against a proposal set forth by Commissioner Gary Pierce that would reduce the state’s renewable energy standard.

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News Release | Environment Arizona

President Recommits to Tackling Global Warming in Inaugural Address

Minutes ago, President Obama concluded his second inaugural address. State Advocate of Environment Arizona, Bret Fanshaw, made the following statement in response:

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News Release | Environment Arizona

President Obama, Congress Save Wind Power in Fiscal Cliff Agreement

Today President Obama will sign into law a bill that extends key tax credits for wind power and averts the ‘fiscal cliff.’ The main federal incentives for wind power – the renewable energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the offshore wind Investment Tax Credit (ITC) – expired on December 31, 2012, but with today’s new law will now be available for wind power projects that start construction over the next year, allowing for continued growth of Arizona’s and America's wind power.

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News Release | Environment Arizona

Wind Energy in Arizona Prevents as Much Global Warming Pollution as Taking 28,000 Cars Off the Road Each Year

As Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath prompt more Arizonans to call for action to tackle global warming and the rise in extreme weather, Environment Arizona released a new Environment Arizona Research & Policy Center report today that shows that Arizona’s current power generation from wind energy displaces as much global warming pollution as taking 28,000 cars off the road per year. Arizona has also suffered from severe drought this year, and the Environment Arizona report shows that wind power saves enough water to meet the needs of 1,100 Arizonans.

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Report | Environment Arizona Research & Policy Center

Wind Power for a Cleaner America

Wind energy now displaces about 68 million metric tons of global warming pollution each year—as much as is produced by 13 million cars. And wind energy now saves more than enough water nationwide to meet the needs of a city the size of Boston. There is still plenty of room for growth in wind energy, but the pending expiration of the production tax credit threatens the future expansion of wind power. To protect the environment, federal and state governments should continue and expand policies that support wind energy.

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