“I live in Phoenix, Arizona. We are experiencing a record 21 day when the temperature has exceeded 110 degrees. This is unsafe for healthy citizens, not to mention seniors who are experiencing homelessness. My work at Justa Center is to provide seniors who are experiencing homelessness with resources and services. I see the suffering every day. This proposed standard will help to mitigate these extreme temperatures.”

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Dean Scheinert, Executive Director, Justa Center, Phoenix, Arizona

"As a faith leader in Arizona, I call on President Biden and EPA Administrator Regan to enact stronger standards to cut climate pollution from power plants by early next year.  Robust protections will improve our health and accelerate our transition to clean energy. Our climate and health can’t wait.”

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Reverend Doug Bland, Arizona Interfaith Power & Light, Arizona

"Here in Arizona we continue to experience significant impacts from the climate crisis—more extreme heat and drought, larger wildfires, and more stressed plants and animals—and we also continue to generate far too much of our electricity from polluting coal and gas-fired power plants. We cannot afford to wait any longer for actions to limit harmful emissions from these plants and need the Biden administration to adopt and implement the strongest possible carbon rules for power plants”

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Sandy Bahr, Director, Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter, Arizona

"We call on the Biden administration to enact strong climate pollution standards that will make a meaningful impact on climate.  In Arizona, people of faith are calling for stronger protections from the extreme heat, drought, and wildfire that are impacting our neighbors across Arizona."

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Melanie Beikman, Executive Director, Arizona Interfaith Power & Light, Arizona

"In Arizona, we are on the front lines of the climate crisis. The impacts of increasing temperatures and drought are being felt throughout our state by not only our citizens, but also our wildlife. Drought and rising temperatures are having detrimental impacts on our deserts, forests, waterways, and the wildlife that depend on them. If we are to get ahead of this and restore the amazing habitat and wildlife diversity of out great state, we must cut carbon pollution. I’m proud to add my name to the mountain of support to urge the administration to finalize the strongest version of its standards to cut climate pollution from power plants by early next year."

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Valerie Morrill, Director At-Large, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Arizona

"As a pediatrician, I know that air pollution produced by fossil fuel-burning power plants contributes to asthma and other respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in my patients and their parents. Transitioning to clean energy would have dramatic medical and financial benefits in my state of Arizona."

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Eve Shapiro, MD, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Arizona

“Last year, fellow legislators and public health officials called on the EPA to reduce air and water pollution from the Apache Generating Station in Cochise County, which uses coal and natural gas. The Station had committed 41 Clean Air Act violations over five years and daily water usage measured 1.6 million gallons. People are suffering from respiratory illnesses because of dirty power plants, and with Arizona’s drought condition we can’t afford fossil fuel power plants misusing this precious resource. In 2020, Arizona’s top 10 most climate-polluting plants were responsible for 82.6% of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from the power sector despite only generating 45.3% of total electricity. As a veteran, I know the climate crisis has caused instability and wars. We need to stop greenhouse gas pollution that continues to fuel climate change. This is a national security issue. The EPA should enact the strongest possible limits on carbon dioxide pollution from new and existing power plants.”

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Former Arizona State Representative Richard C. Andrade, District 29, Glendale, Arizona

"With prolonged drought and our fire season growing in length and intensity every year, our forests in Northern Arizona are being impacted by the climate crises at an accelerated rate. One of the most effective measures we can take as a nation, or state, is to cut carbon pollution. I’m calling on our administration to enact the strongest standards possible to cut climate pollution from power plants. With a strong mountain of support behind these protections, we can make a difference in the fight against a warming climate and restore healthy and resilient forests to Northern Arizona."

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Travis Woolley, Vice President of Conservation, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Arizona

"People matter more than polluters and we expect our leaders to approve the highest standards to reduce carbon pollution. No excuses."

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Tawsha Trahan, Director of Environmental Justice, Unlimited Potential, Arizona

"Arizona is in the bull’s eye of climate change, and our communities that are predominantly people of color and Indigenous are impacted disproportionately. Which is why I, and people in communities big and small across our state, want to see climate action, including strong standards to cut climate pollution from dirty power plants. We call on President Biden and EPA Administrator Regan to enact the strongest standards to cut climate pollution from dirty power plants. These protections can make a difference in our fight for clean air and a healthy climate for all.”

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Arizona State Representative Andrés Cano, Arizona Legislative District 20, Tucson, and Arizona House Minority Leader, Arizona

"The climate crisis is driving a healthcare crisis. We need the strictest emissions standards possible to cut greenhouse gases driving this crisis."

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Nicolaus Hawbaker, MD, Arizona Health Professionals for Climate Action, Arizona

"In the coming decades, Phoenix will be unlivable unless we curb fossil fuel emissions. Heatwaves kill too many of our citizens every year, mainly in environmental justice communities that also suffer disproportionately from pollution. Our power plants are leading culprits burning fossil fuels, as we are home to 3 of the top 100 most polluting power plants in the U.S. In 2020 the total emissions from our top 10 power plants were recorded at 30 million metric tons, which is equivalent to 6.5 million cars on the road for a year. We have to end greenhouse gases emanating from power plants. The EPA must require almost all existing and future coal and gas-fired power plants to cut or capture 100% of their CO2 emissions. America needs the strongest EPA regulations possible to curb emissions from these power plants."

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Yassamin Ansari, Vice Mayor & City Councilmember, Phoenix, Arizona

“Dirty power plants have spewed pollution into our communities for far too long, causing harm to our health and fueling the climate crisis. I’m adding my name to urge the Biden administration to finalize the strongest version of its standards to cut climate pollution from power plants by early next year. As someone who lived in the shadow of one of the biggest coal plants in the region and also one of the biggest polluters, and as someone who has seen the disproportionate and negative impacts on Indigenous communities, I understand first hand the importance of implementing strong standards that will protect our health and our communities, as well as aid in the transition to clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Its about time federal agencies do their job. Our climate and our communities simply cannot wait.”

Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director, Tó Nizhóní Ání (TNA) “Sacred Water Speaks”, Arizona

"We must swiftly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate more damaging effects of climate change. President Biden’s plan to cut or capture carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-burning plants is a step in the right direction, and the EPA must now approve a strong final rule that accomplishes these reductions and prevent climate pollution. I’m joining a broad coalition from around the U.S. to call on the EPA to not back down. Our climate and health can’t wait."

Arizona State Senator Priya Sundareshan, District 18, Tucson, Ranking Member
Arizona Senate Natural Resources, Energy, & Water Committee, Arizona