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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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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Obama Administration Finalizes Historic Clean Car Standards

Phoenix —Today the Obama administration finalized new clean car standards that will double the fuel efficiency of today’s vehicles by 2025, drastically reducing emissions of carbon pollution and cutting oil use in Arizona and nationwide. The standards will cover new cars and light trucks in model years 2017-2025, and require those vehicles to meet the equivalent of a 54.5 miles-per-gallon standard by 2025.

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Obama Administration to Protect Americans’ Health by Setting Carbon Pollution Standards for New Power Plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed historic new limits on carbon pollution from new power plants. Carbon pollution fuels global warming, which leads to poor air quality that triggers asthma attacks and other respiratory problems.

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Phoenix Ranks Top 30 in Smog Pollution

Today Environment Arizona released a new report showing that the Phoenix area ranks as the 26th smoggiest large metropolitan area in the country. Smog is a harmful air pollutant that leads to asthma attacks and exacerbates respiratory illnesses, especially among children and the elderly.

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Danger in the Air

All Americans should be able to breathe clean air. But pollution from power plants and vehicles puts the health of our nation’s children and families at risk. Ground-level ozone, the main component of smog, is one of the most harmful and one of the most pervasive air pollutants.

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Phoenix ranks in top 30 smoggiest cities in US

A new report released by Environment Arizona shows Phoenix one of the smoggiest cities to live in the U.S.

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Defending clean car standards.

In June 2010, Environment Arizona advocate Bret Fanshaw testified before the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in defense of Arizona's strong clean car standards, which we helped win. 

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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.