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10,635 Arizona Clean Energy Jobs Already Lost or Threatened Under Trump, with Thousands More at Risk
PHOENIX — In just 100 days in office, President Trump’s tariffs, executive orders, and all-out assault on clean energy have put Arizona’s clean energy boom at risk. New data released today from Climate Power shows that 95 clean energy projects have been threatened, delayed, or canceled nationally since Trump took office, representing $71.24 billion in investment and […]
April 30, 2025
Arizona Clean Energy Leaders Warn: Repealing Federal Investments Will Kill Jobs and Raise Costs
PHOENIX – On Thursday, April 17, Arizona leaders, including Maren Mahoney, director of Governor Katie Hobbs’ Office of Resiliency, joined Climate Power for a press call to discuss how a potential repeal of America’s clean energy investments by Congress and the Trump Administration would raise energy prices and threaten thousands of good-paying jobs in the state. The House Ways and Means […]
April 17, 2025
ICYMI: Hoffman and Trump’s EPA Chief Push Anti-Regulation Agenda in AZ—Climate Power Responds
Phoenix – Arizona state Senator Jake Hoffman held a roundtable at the Arizona Senate with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and representatives from Arizona Public Service, Honeywell Aerospace and others. The conversation last week centered on misleading claims that EPA clean air and energy protections are harming Arizona’s economy. Sen. Hoffman’s and the Trump […]
March 25, 2025
Correcting the Record: Renewable Energy Lowers Costs for Arizonans
Phoenix, AZ – On Monday, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright addressed a gathering of oil and gas executives at CERAWeek in Houston, the nation’s largest annual assembly of energy officials. As reported in The New York Times, Mr. Wright extolled the necessity of U.S. oil and gas production and dismissed renewable sources, asserting that scaling up […]
March 12, 2025
State Rep. Aaron Márquez, Solar Experts and Homeowners Highlight IRA Solar Tax Credits to Keep Energy Costs Down for Arizona Families
(Phoenix, AZ) – Today, Arizona State Representative Aaron Márquez, solar industry leaders, and solar homeowners highlighted the urgent need to protect the solar tax credits included in the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These credits have helped Arizona families lower their energy and tax bills. The credits have also helped create good-paying jobs and grow Phoenix’s clean […]
March 7, 2025
ICYMI: Trump Defunds Critical Clean Energy Investments in Arizona
PHOENIX – A number of federal funds supporting clean energy rebates and key investments in clean energy projects in Arizona are being illegally withheld by the Trump Administration. Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee and the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies released a summary of those funds in a series of seven fact […]
February 19, 2025
Arizonans Elect Ruben Gallego, Rejecting Big Oil-backed Kari Lake
Washington, D.C. – Ruben Gallego was elected U.S. Senator from Arizona, defeating Big Oil-backed Kari Lake.
November 12, 2024
Kari Lake’s Solution to Extreme Heat in Arizona: Gut Climate Action
PHOENIX—On the first day of early voting in Arizona, Representative Ruben Gallego and Kari Lake met face-to-face in a live, televised debate. With record heat in Arizona the last two summers and catastrophic hurricanes in the southeast, the moderators asked the candidates about extreme weather and clean energy. Their answers showed how far apart the […]
October 10, 2024
Tonight’s CD6 Debate Highlighted the Stark Choice Facing Arizona Voters this November
Tucson, AZ — Tonight, Representative Juan Ciscomani and Former State Senator Kirsten Engel met for a debate in Tucson. The candidates were asked about the state’s water crisis, and their answers highlighted how they see this important issue. Recent polling shows how important climate and clean energy are to voters. While Kirsten Engel believes Arizona is a state where […]
October 8, 2024
ICYMI: Trump’s Project 2025 Agenda Means 24k Jobs Lost in AZ, Higher Energy Costs and Mass Layoffs for Americans
PHOENIX, AZ – Nonpartisan energy and climate policy group Energy Innovation released a state-by-state breakdown of how Project 2025 would harm middle-class Americans with increased energy costs of $240 for the average household and 1.7 million jobs lost across the country by 2030. Climate Power Communications Director Alex Glass issued the following statement: “Big Oil wrote the blueprint for Trump’s day-one […]
October 3, 2024