The Navajo Generating Station (NGS), the largest coal-fired power plant in the West, provides electrical power to customers in three states and for pumping Colorado River water for the Central Arizona Project (CAP), which delivers water to central and southern Arizona. Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that the 40 year-old plant, Arizona's largest single source of carbon pollution, needs to update its pollution controls.
The NGS is at a critical stage of its lifespan, with the U.S. EPA, CAP, the Salt River Project, the Navajo Nation, as well as the state governments of Arizona, California, and Nevada, in negotiations about its future.
Join us for a conversation with representatives from the Navajo region, energy field, and policy realm on the complex web of sustainability issues, ranging from environmental protection, social and environmental justice, economic development, as well as water and energy policy, both regional and federal.
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Old Main, Carson Ballroom
Arizona State University, Tempe campus
(lunch will be provided)
The Keystone XL Pipeline, a large-scale project proposed to transport oil from Canada's tar sands to the U.S., is an issue at the forefront of climate change action and debate. Some argue the project will boost energy security, while others say it is a Band-Aid for a bullet wound. Environmental groups are planning a Tar Sands Action aimed at encircling the White House to influence Obama’s impending decision on the Pipeline. As we enter an age of energy uncertainty, will compromising our natural lands yield a sustainable future?
Join this panel discussion featuring Wally Broecker, “the grandfather of climate science"; Peter Byck, director of Carbon Nation; John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil; and ASU geographer Mike Pasqualetti. Discover the political, economic, and environmental pressures of the heated Pipeline controversy.
How do you want the future to be powered? Fossil fuels? Renewables? Both? Some argue that renewable energy isn’t reliable enough to power our economy; others say that renewables can be the major energy source within a decade. We are in a period of needing to choose between traditional and clean energy. It is critical that we envision our energy future now.
Join us for a Case Critical discussion featuring a former Big Oil president, a prominent atmospheric and energy scientist, and an environmental filmmaker. Sustainability reporter Eve Troeh will moderate the speakers for an evening that may change how you think about America's energy portfolio.
More than half of all U.S. counties have been listed as natural disaster areas; the vast majority of them received this designation because of the drought. It’s being said that the 2012 U.S. drought is the most serious since 1988. Is it an indicator of climate change?
Join an expert panel in a discussion on what this means for our economy, agriculture, and how it will impact our water resources.
Moderated by Climate Change Science Manager, Nalini Chhetri.
Thursday, September 6, 2012
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
(breakfast will be provided)
Old Main, Carson Ballroom
Arizona State University, Tempe campus
Gas prices are on their way to record highs in Arizona. With gas prices targeted to reach $5 per gallon by this summer, will this tip us back into a recession? Join four experts as they discuss why prices are rising and how it will affect us.
Moderated by: Ryan Randazzo, Business Reporter, The Arizona Republic.
Over the past decade, Phoenix has made significant gains in sustainability. In 2009, Mayor Phil Gordon introduced an ambitious 17-point plan, Green Phoenix, to transform the city into a national sustainability leader. If sustainability is to be an economic driver of our region, how can the city's next mayor extend the gains of the last decade?
Candidates Wes Gullett and Greg Stanton will discuss sustainability in Phoenix and beyond in this Case Critical debate. Moderated by Rob Melnick, Executive Dean, Global Institute of Sustainability.
Parking is free for those arriving after 4pm at the University Center Garage (on Polk between Central and 1st Street).
This event is co-sponsored by the Green Chamber of Greater Phoenix.
Join us as wildfire expert Steve Pyne and The Arizona Republic's Shaun McKinnon discuss the Wallow Fire in Arizona and other recent U.S.wildfires and consider their ecological and economic impacts.
Steve Pyne is a Regents' Professor in ASU's School of Life Sciences and the author of a score of books, mostly on the history and management of wildland and rural fire. He is currently researching a fire history of the U.S. from 1960-2010.
Shaun McKinnon covers water, climate and environmental issues for The Arizona Republic.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
(a lunch of blackened salmon and tofu will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Join a range of ASU experts for a lively discussion on the devastating events in Japan and the potential local and global impacts of the disaster.
Moderated by R.F. Shangraw, Director of the Global Institute of Sustainability
This event will be held in Wrigley Hall (map and directions).
Can't make it? Tune into our webcast.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
(refreshments will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
A forum with Arizona Corporation Commission Candidates:
David Bradley, Democrat
Brenda Burns, Republican (invited)
Rick Fowlkes, Libertarian
Gary Pierce, Republican (invited)
The Arizona Corporation Commission regulates public utilities in Arizona, including electricity, gas, water, and sewer. In 2006, the Commission established a state policy that requires electricity providers to obtain 15 percent of their power from renewable sources by 2025.
Will Arizona continue its transition to renewable energy sources like solar and wind? With two seats open on this five-seat commission, Arizona's renewable future hinges on the outcome of the November 2nd election. Candidates running for the Commission will give their perspectives on Arizona's Renewable Energy Standard. Meet them and see where they stand on this critical issue.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Memorial Union, Pima Room (230)
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus
Established in 2007, the School of Sustainability brings together multiple disciplines and leaders to create and share knowledge, train a new generation of scholars and practitioners, and develop practical solutions to the most pressing environmental, economic, and social challenges of sustainability - especially as they relate to urban areas.
5/23 - ASU awarded Think Green Grant, will expand composting program
5/23 - Students, faculty 'show' sustainability at open house event
5/23 - Scientists announce top 10 new species for 2013
5/31 - Artists and Writers Wanted: The Human Face of Sustainability
5/31 - Mexico's Energy Profile
6/7 - Energy and National Security
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