'The current franchise agreement expires in three years. We have plenty of time to negotiate a new one. If we demonstrate to TEP that we will not let them get away with jeopardizing our city’s future, then we will be…
Ojas Sanghi Special to the Arizona Daily Star The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
Now, when it comes to climate action, the City of Tucson does pretty well. Back in 2020, they declared a climate emergency, something which the AZ Youth Climate Coalition played an important role. Throughout 2022, they developed a comprehensive Climate Action Plan, an endeavor that AZYCC worked with the City on as an official community partner. And just a couple of months ago, they took effective steps to advance Tucson’s EV readiness.
The proposed agreement extracts an additional surcharge to fund a Community Resilience Fee, a fee that one would expect would be dedicated towards climate action, perhaps funding the City’s newly adopted Climate Action Plan. Not quite. For the first decade — that’s until 2033! — 90% of the money would go towards an entirely unrelated pursuit. Remember that according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we have till 2030 to halve our carbon emissions.
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