Sierra Club, Arizona’s Grand Canyon Chapter
 The Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter was formed in 1966 as a way to help focus attention on stopping dams in Grand Canyon. The work to protect the Colorado River and Grand Canyon National Park continue today. The Grand Canyon Chapter helped win designation of four million acres of wilderness in Arizona, stopped numerous old growth logging proposals, helped restore and protect Fossil Creek, and continues to work to protect the Verde and San Pedro Rivers. We have won passage of key environmental legislation including the Environmental Quality Act, which protects our air and water, and the Heritage Fund, which provides funding for parks and wildlife, and have helped defeat legislation that would undercut environmental protections. Our chapter has helped promote clean renewable energy and energy efficiency programs as well as measures to improve air quality by supporting mass transit and a Clean Car standards.
Current News
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June 25, 2009, One Year Later: Grand Canyon’s Uranium Threat Unchanged Following Congressional Emergency Action Grand Canyon, ARIZ – One year ago today, Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, announced that the House Committee on Natural Resources had introduced and passed an emergency resolution pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act prohibiting new uranium mining claims, exploration and resulting mining across 1 million acres of public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park. More...
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ACTION ALERT Tell Senators McCain and Kyl and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to say “No” to S 409 On Wednesday, June 17th, the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on S. 409, a piece of special interest legislation that would mandate a land exchange to benefit Rio Tinto and BHP-Billiton – two of the largest foreign mining companies in the world. The bill has been introduced by Arizona Senators McCain and Kyl. Our Senators and members of the committee need to hear that there is strong opposition to this bill. More...
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May 14, 2009, Appeal Filed to Stop Irreversible Logging Damage to
Fragile Burned Forest North of Grand Canyon FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, and WildEarth Guardians today filed an administrative appeal challenging the U.S. Forest Service for its failure to protect burned soils and wildlife habitat in a logging project slated for forests burned by the Warm Fire north of the Grand Canyon in 2006. More...
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May 8, 2009, Suit Challenges New Uranium Exploration That Threatens the Grand Canyon FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Grand Canyon Trust, and Sierra Club today amended their lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management and the Department of the Interior to challenge newly authorized uranium exploration near Grand Canyon National Park. More...
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Communication Survey The economic downturn affects all aspects of our lives. The Canyon Echo is feeling the pinch, too. We’re asking for your help so that the Grand Canyon Chapter can continue to bring you news and information in a timely and useful way. We greatly appreciate your input! Please fill out the online Communication Survey.
- Join us for an evening of film and discussion about wolves and other top predators in the West.
Documentary Premiere, Lords of Nature: Live in a land of Great Predators
May 21, 2009
Valley Art Theatre - Tempe
6:30 p.m. — Film and Discussion
FREE !
Sponsored by the Sierra Club
More info...
- New website All about Mexican gray wolves!
There are only 52 Mexican gray wolves in the wilds of Arizona and New Mexico. The
Sierra Club group joins local, regional, and national conservation, scientific, and sportsmen’s organizations, and concerned citizens in launching a new website, mexicanwolves.org, to help save this highly endangered animal. The new website has everything related to the Southwest’s lobos, including beautiful photos, news updates, ways to get involved and take action, information about the reintroduction program, a Kids Zone with fun educational activities, and more.
Visit it at www.mexicanwolves.org .
And thank you to all of you have helped to bring back the lobo and for your efforts to ensure that they are here to stay.
- March 30, 2009, APS Customers ask for Increased Energy Efficiency – Cleanest and Cheapest Energy Resource
Phoenix, Arizona – Today, the Arizona Corporation Commission heard public comments from Arizona Public Service (APS) customers at public meeting on a proposed rate increase for APS. Most customers indicated strong support for increasing energy efficiency measures, even if meant an increase in electric rates. More...
- Help Promote a Clean Energy Future for Arizona
Support Energy Efficiency in APS Rate Case If you are an Arizona Public Service Company (APS) customer, you have a great opportunity to support increasing energy efficiency programs. APS has applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission for another rate increase – a proposed increase of 9.3% for the average residential customer bill. To help reduce energy bills and offset increased rates for its customers, and to help customers become more energy efficient, APS should invest more in energy efficiency programs. The regulatory process for this rate increase has already begun and there will be a public hearing on March 30, 2009. Read full APS Alert
- January 22, 2009,
Legislation Introduced to Protect Grand Canyon From Uranium Threat and
Override Bush Midnight Regulation FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.— Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) today reintroduced the Grand Canyon Watersheds
Protection Act, legislation originally introduced in 2008 prohibiting new uranium claims, exploration, and
resulting mining across 1 million acres of public-lands watersheds surrounding Grand Canyon National
Park. Read Full Release (56 KB pdf)
- January 12, 2009, Big Win for Clean Water. Supreme Court Refuses to Review Case That Struck Down Open Pit Copper Mine Permit (Phoenix, AZ) Today, the United State Supreme Court denied an industry petition to review a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which struck down a Clean Water Act permit issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Carlota Copper Company (Carlota). The permit would have authorized Carlota to release significant levels of copper and other toxic pollutants into Pinto Creek, a tributary to the Salt River, which provides a portion of Phoenix’s water supply. The Carlota Copper Project is a proposed open pit copper mine covering over 3,000 acres near the small mountain town of Globe, Arizona, about two hours east of Phoenix. More...
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Legislative Updates
Sierra Club 2009 Legislative Updates
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2008 Environmental
Report Card
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Appendix A, Governor Report Card (16 KB pdf)
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