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Major Arizona Municipalities Are Below the National Recycling Rate

Thursday, November 15, 2018
By | Diane Brown
Executive Director

To mark America Recycles Day, the Arizona PIRG Education Fund thought it would be helpful to shine a light on the recycling and compost rates for ten of the most populated municipalities in Arizona and offer solutions for improvement.

Getting good data on rate designs is worth the effort

Tuesday, November 13, 2018
By | Diane Brown
Executive Director

There’s been good national conversation in recent years around the need for transparency and responsiveness from electric utilities and regulators when it comes to data on rates and pilots, assessing impacts on consumers, and consumer outreach and education. At the local level, though, it can take quite a bit of work to turn guidelines into reality. 

Tucson Unanimously Adopts the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
By | Aaron Kane
Arizona PIRG Associate

Last night, Mayor Rothschild and the Tucson City Council unanimously adopted the 2018 International Energy Conservation Code as recommended by the Tucson-Pima County Joint Consolidated Code Committee. The Committee’s recommendation was developed as a result of a rigorous, ten-month-long stakeholder process open to all interested participants. We are quite pleased with this vote.

Let's Celebrate Energy Efficiency

Friday, October 5, 2018
By | Aaron Kane
Arizona PIRG Associate

Energy Efficiency Day celebrates and recognizes energy efficiency as the quickest, cheapest, and cleanest way to address our growing energy needs. With technological advances and increased energy consciousness, consumers now have more ways than ever to make our homes and businesses more efficient, reduce our energy usage, and save money on our electric bills.

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