Energy


Affiliated Organizations

Other Local Organizations

  • azure education
    AZURE is an education-outreach partnership between Arizona’s electric utility companies, designed to educate Arizonans about renewable energy resources
  • Grecycle
    An organization providing a collection service for used cooking oil to produce biodiesel fuel.

Local Businesses

  • GeoInnovation
    "We offer businesses and homeowners in Southeast Arizona a sustainable energy alternative giving you control of your own electricity production."
  • Progressive Solar
    "...an Arizona based alternative energy company. We design, sell and install complete systems for various applications. We pride ourselves in our ability to take complex, intricate challenges and bring them to reality in the form of working systems."
  • Solar Store
    "dedicated to providing renewable energy resources, products, and services while addressing the needs of our customers with the highest level of technical and professional competence."
  • Technicians For Sustainability
    "a locally owned, mission-driven company specializing in renewable energy and sustainable technologies for residential and commercial settings."

Other Resources

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.

Global Organizations

Local Discussion Groups

  • Green Drinks Tucson
    Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up for a drink at informal sessions around the world known as Green Drinks.
  • Tucson Permaculture discussion group
    Getting started with projects like growing food, harvesting rainwater, harnessing solar energy? This email discussion group is a good place to post questions, share knowledge, and make connections.

Government Relations

Articles

  • Saudi King drops quiet bombshell; U.S. media sleep through it
    By Steve Andrews and Randy Udall, ASPO-USA   April 21, 2008  On April 13, Reuters reported the following from Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah said he had ordered some new oil discoveries left untapped to preserve oil wealth in the world's top exporter for future generations... "When there were...
  • Energy Roundtable: Excellent discussion by top U.S. analysts
    Listen to one of the best discussions of our current energy challenges (one hour) by three of the leading U.S. energy analysts, recorded on Februrary 2, 2008. Choose by clicking one of the following audio formats:  (Mp3 plays on Apple's Quicktime) Mp3 • Real Player • Win Amp...
  • Viewpoint: Ten Ways to Prepare for a Post-Oil Society
    by James Howard Kunstler, American Social Commentator Out in the public arena, people frequently twang on me for being "Mister Gloom'n'doom," or for "not offering any solutions" to our looming energy crisis. So, for those of you who are tired of wringing your hands, who would like to do something useful,...
  • Bored or Anxious? Hungry for Fresh Journalism?
    Are you bored or anxious that much vital news is not being presented and discussed in the broadcast and print media? Here are four recent video reports on two of the most important topics of our current times: The future of oil and the future of the American dollar. These YouTube programs from the People...
  • This crisis demands a reappraisal of who we are and what progress means
    By George Monbiot, The Guardian (U.K.), December 4, 2007 Outdated figures have been hiding the full extent of climate change. But I am still advocating action, and not despair. When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to...
  • We are the people we have been waiting for
    By Thomas L. Friedman, published December 2, 2007, The New York Times It was 60 degrees on Thursday in Washington, well above normal, and as I slipped away for some pre-Christmas golf, I found myself thinking about a wickedly funny story that The Onion, the satirical newspaper, ran the other day: "Fall...
  • From Peak Oil To Dark Age?
    By Eugene Linden, BusinessWeek, published June 25, 2007 Oil output has stalled, and it's not clear the capacity exists to raise production With global oil production virtually stalled in recent years, controversial predictions that the world is fast approaching maximum petroleum output are looking a...
  • The Earth today stands in imminent peril
    ...and nothing short of a planetary rescue will save it from the environmental cataclysm of dangerous climate change. Those are not the words of eco-warriors but the considered opinion of a group of eminent scientists writing in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. By Steve Connor, Science Editor, The...
  • World oil supplies are set to run out faster than expected, warn scientists
    Scientists challenge major review of global reserves and warn that supplies will start to run out in four years' time By Daniel Howden, The Independent (UK), published June 14, 2007 Scientists have criticised a major review of the world's remaining oil reserves, warning that the end of oil is coming...
  • Individuals, states can play key roles in cutting emissions
    By Dan Sorenson, Arizona Daily Star, May 5, 2007 As officials around the globe discuss what to do about climate change, the authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report and some local experts say there is work to do here, now. "It's easy to say, 'I'm the small guy and I don't...