Real Results For Arizona's Environment
1. Advancing Clean, Renewable Energy
An Environment Arizona-supported policy to increase solar and other renewable energy resources to 15 percent by 2025 was approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2006. Environment Arizona is working to ensure the state meets this standard.
2. Preserving Arizona
Environment Arizona is working to protect some of Arizona’s natural treasures from development, including Havasu Falls, areas near the Grand Canyon Scenic Corridor, Picacho Mountains, Verde Headwaters and Tortolita Mountain Park.
3. Protecting Our National Forests
Environment Arizona staff continue to counter attempts to open unspoiled areas of our state’s national forests to logging and other development. A record-setting number of citizens across the country have written to protect national forests.
4. Supporting Global Warming Solutions
Environment Arizona’s recommendations to cut global warming pollution in Arizona have been supported by decision-makers across the state. Environment Arizona continues to work to reduce the impacts of global warming, which include less available drinking water and more fuel for wildfires during hotter and drier summers.
5. Standing Up To Bad Energy Plans
In 2004, Environment Arizona staff played a pivotal role in stopping a harmful federal energy bill. In 2005, we held the line on coastal drilling while working on common-sense solutions, both in Arizona and nationally, to our energy problems.
6. Defending The Arctic Refuge
Environment Arizona staff and a broad-based coalition with bipartisan support have stopped Congress from opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling every time it has been proposed, including twice over the last year.
7. Saving Endangered Species
Despite attempts to roll back the Endangered Species Act, Environment Arizona staff worked to uphold the act and protect the habitat that sustains endangered species like the Bald Eagle, Florida Manatee, California Condor, Gray Wolf and many others.
8. Cleaning Up Water Pollution
Environment Arizona and allies stopped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from allowing partially-treated sewage to flow into waterways across the country. In 2006, Environment Arizona staff also helped block rollbacks to the Clean Water Act. We are continuing efforts to ensure that Arizona’s water supply is well protected.
9. Advocating Local, Clean Water
Environment Arizona launched “Our Water, Our Future,” a campaign to ensure that Arizona’s water supplies can stand up to current and future growth. Environment Arizona’s efforts focus on conservation, efficiency, and ensuring all Arizonans have a local, clean water supply now and in the future.
