Sustainability

The Valley’s two largest water providers will connect their systems, allowing water from the Salt River Project into the Central Arizona Project canal system.

Owners of electric vehicles are in for some changes when it comes to how long they can sit at a charging station in Tempe. The city recently amended its own ordinance to increase accessibility to chargers.

A new study finds that what Americans eat — particularly beef — plays a major role in carbon emissions in cities. And cities in the Mountain West rank among those most heavily impacted.

Surprise City Council has formally opposed a request for the county to rezone almost 4,300 acres of land for a BNSF railroad hub.

Chino Valley, north of Prescott, is the latest. Its Town Council late last month voted to prohibit large scale solar and wind projects.

Arizona State University will use a $115 million gift to establish the new Rob Walton School of Conservation Futures. The new school is designed to reshape the practice and teaching of conservation science.

The Governor’s Office of Resiliency is urging Arizonans to take advantage of federal tax credits for electric vehicles or home energy efficiency upgrades before they are phased out.

Gov. Katie Hobbs and Arizona’s congressional Democrats are demanding the federal government reverse the termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to build solar projects in low-income communities.

Arizona regulators voted to begin the process to repeal renewable energy requirements for most of the state’s electric utilities.

By several metrics, Arizona is the sunniest state in the nation. But solar advocates worry that headwinds at the state and federal levels are preventing Arizonans from taking full advantage of all of that sunshine and the energy it could provide the state.