Husband, father, brother, friend, leader; advocate for sustainable water policy in the West; New England roots; fan of Red Sox, J. Campbell, rivers & theatre.
🆕@GovernorHobbs signs the largest tribal water rights agreement in US history. “They create a consequential and lasting impact by securing a sustainable water supply for tens of thousands of Arizonans and helping local economies thrive." @azpublicmedia
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@MayorGallego and our Innovation team are prioritizing making chilled drinking water more accessible in Phoenix. Recently, a new chilled drinking water station was installed at the Roosevelt Mini Park, making this the first location along the Phoenix Sonoran Bikeway.
This past week legislators were invited to join @ecomadres_ and @CleanAirMoms_AZ in downtown Phoenix for their inaugural convening on Extreme Weather Impacts on Latina Maternal and Children’s Health. #ecomadres
.@azpublicmedia and @GovernorHobbs visited rural Arizonans experiencing struggling to keep up with corporate farms depleting their aquifers. Here's what they were saying 👇
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Last week, Interior Sec. Deb Haaland & EPA Admin. Regan announced a $20M grant to the Hopi Nation for solar power projects & 12 miles of powerline to bring electricity to 900 homes across the nation. This is a huge step for climate action & environmental justice! #CleanEnergy ☀️
"In this moment of unprecedented noise, the quiet, invisible drying of this existential resource deserves our attention." EDF's Ann Hayden on the urgent need for a national groundwater strategy. https://t.co/eeRk8Ma0nH
🚨"Your #vote will determine the strength of our #publichealth & #environmental protections & will decide whether we have leaders who will address #climatechange, officials who will ensure we have #cleanair &💧water, & a judiciary that protects the interests of the American people over powerful polluters." @EnvDefenseFund
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Local #Arizona elected officials, along with citizens from Cochise, Coconino, Gila, La Paz, Mohave, Santa Cruz, and Yavapai Counties, have come together to request @GovernorHobbs and #azleg prioritize local groundwater management solutions for rural Arizona. Read the full 📨 ➡️https://t.co/XvrZ2YXOOb
Rural Arizonans are worried about groundwater depletion. SB1221 pretends to create tools for managing rural groundwater, but it puts up obstacles that will make it almost impossible to implement those tools to slow the depletion. Folks in LD19 are fed up, https://t.co/QvtLfuXn5d
Today, we celebrated the 47 new clean school buses now serving students throughout #PHX. Thanks to federal funding, schools are replacing diesel buses with electric ones that are better for the environment and for our kids’ health! 🌎🚌
Thank you for hosting us, @isaacschools!
.@GovernorHobbs' veto of HB2027 underscores the necessity for a comprehensive approach to #Arizona's water policy, offering tangible solutions for statewide challenges.
Veto 📨➡️https://t.co/ZnqXnII3z5
"Cooperative Conservation will provide a degree of much-needed certainty for all users as we head deeper into an era of profound change," @KmoranEDF https://t.co/LgLx3BcIGc
Thank you @AZAGMayes for exploring nuisance actions to protect rural residents whose wells have dried up due to corporate pumping.
@GovernorHobbs is also considering tools available (only AMAs and INAs now) to protect rural groundwater.
That's why the Legislature needs to act.