Energy

Campaign | Energy

Energy Efficient Arizona

Energy efficiency is the quickest, cheapest and cleanest way for Arizona to meet its growing energy needs. Energy efficiency offers an immediate, proven and important step consumers and businesses can take to save money, stimulate the local economy through spending saved money, create jobs in weatherization and other services, and protect public health.

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Report | Arizona PIRG | Energy

A Better Way to Go: Meeting America's 21st Century Transportation Challenges with Modern Public Transit

This report shows why rail, rapid buses and other forms of public transit must play a more prominent role in America's future transportation system. America has grown more dependent on car travel with each passing year.

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Report | Energy

Unacceptable Risk: Two Decades of “Close Calls,” Leaks and Other Problems at U.S. Nuclear Reactors

This report analyzes the unacceptable risks of nuclear power to people and the environment, and demonstrates why the United States must move away from nuclear power and toward safer alternatives. The report concludes with recommendations to the Obama Administration for addressing the risks posed by nuclear power, including instituting a moratorium on the relicensing of existing, aging nuclear power plants and on the licensing of new nuclear reactors. This report also calls for the elimination of federal loan guarantees and other subsidies for nuclear power plants.

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Report | Energy

Building an Energy-Efficient Arizona: Opportunities to Save Money and Reduce Pollution

This report by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund describes Arizona’s current energy portfolio, the benefits of a transition to energy efficiency, and successful energy efficiency programs in use across the country.

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Students in Action

Student leaders educate the campus about income inequality during National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.
We collect petition signatures - lots of them!
Hunger and Homelessness intern Roua Aboukhadijeh collecting interview footage on campus for a short film on poverty.
Students campaign for High Speed Rail.
Fast Trains ARE Cool.
Students volunteer at a local garden for the National Hunger Cleanup.
Volunteers wear the textbook mascot costumes to educate students about affordable textbook alternatives.
Students posing with the textbook Rebellion books, We Want Cheaper TEXTBOOKS!!
Textbook Rebel and Mr. $200 drew attention to outrageous textbook prices.
Six media outlets covered a stop on the Textbooks Rebellion tour to promote affordable alternatives to outrageously expensive textbooks.