In early August, the utility company, Arizona Public Service (APS) abandoned their commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050. They also want to raise rates by 14 percent. Fast forward to this last week and there are two more developments, spurred on in part by encouragement from science denying MAGA allies in Washington D.C. and … Read more
Bowing to the alter of the all mighty dollar, Arizona utility company APS told investors on Wednesday that they were just kidding when they made the statement in 2020 to firmly commit to being carbon neutral by 2050. Now, they say, those goals, with different political headwinds from the Trump climate science denying-know nothing government … Read more
A recent article from the Phoenix New Times on September 6, 2019, reported that an employee from the Arizona Public Service Electric Company (A.P.S.) had submitted a complaint to the Arizona Corporation Commission alleging that the powerful utility entity had engaged in “political bullying.” The piece further described how APS encouraged its employees to: Vote … Read more
The Anne E. Casey Foundation released its annual Child Well Being Findings and ranked the states according to how well children were cared for according to: Economic Well Being Education Health Family and Community Sadly, Arizona ranks 46th out of the 50 states in safeguarding children’s safety and interests. The Grand Canyon State only fared … Read more
APS, the state’s largest utility and subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp., spent roughly $10.7 million on efforts to influence the 2014 elections, millions more than previously thought. APS admits to spending more than $10M on 2014 elections: The utility had fought for several years not to disclose how much it had spent in the … Read more