AZ Climate: Who’s hitting the gas in sunny Arizona?

(AZ Republic)

IT'S HARD TO FIND A sunnier spot in America than Arizona's Mohave County. That’s the first seemingly odd point of contradiction in a recently renewed push by rural utility cooperatives to build a gas-fired “peaker” power plant in this haven for solar energy generation. First, the Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) and the Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) proposed a new plant in Fort Mohave; after a community protest, it was moved to the low-income agricultural community of Mohave Valley, near tribal lands and several schools. Why?  Who benefits? Read the in-depth story that spotlights financial suspicion and overall scrutiny about resistance to adding clean energy sources.Read More, especially if you live in Mohave County. You will want to know all the details and who’s behind these plans.

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What We Are Reading & Listening to this Week

• NASA captures 160-degree roads across Phoenix, Valleywise admitted 50 patients in June alone (Axios)
• Good news: Tiny urban green spaces can cool cities and save lives (GoodGoodGood)
• Arizona voters will vote on going green fast or keeping fossil-fuel choices in the mix (AZ Republic)
• They’re Everywhere:food is a common source of PFAS exposure (ScienceDirect)
• New Peaker Plant in Mohave County fuels further unrest, financial suspicion (AZ Republic)
• No one knows how many are dying from extreme heat (Bloomberg)
• New legislation would ratify Colorado River water settlements for three AZ tribes (AZ Mirror)
• Nobody’s Moving to US ‘Climate Havens’. This needs a plan to turn it around (Bloomberg)

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July 18^th: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm enviroVOICES Forum on Extreme Heat at Mountain Health Park Center, Maryvale Clinic. RSVP

August 13^th: 5:30 pm: AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup Meeting Zoom Link

September 10^th: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action Annual Virtual Summit Zoom Link

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