Campaign Update

Arizona’s Energy Future in the Spotlight

December 1, 2025

PSR Arizona with Climate Tucson is keeping tabs on the new fascination with the nuclear option as the state faces the challenges of data centers, AI, and energy demand grows with the population.

Celebrate National Energy Efficiency Day with Rebates from the Governor’s Office

October 1, 2025

Deals on buying energy- and climate-friendly appliances and other home-related upgrades are still available through the Arizona Clean Energy Hub, a program from Gov. Hobbs’s Office of Resiliency.

Gov. Hobbs Is on a Roll; Celebrate ‘Sun Day’ with Your Wise Elders

September 17, 2025

Gov. Katie Hobbs is preparing the state for the cold and flu season by signing an executive order that counters the FDA crackdown on COVID-19 vaccines, which this year limits availability to people 65 and older or those at “higher risk of severe disease.”

National Heat-Safety Programs Slashed

May 31, 2025

A Dream for a Late Congressman, Trump Plans to Defund OSHA’s New Heat Standards for Outdoor Workers

When the Radiation Stopped Falling from the Skies

May 2, 2025

As we approach 80 years from the day the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, it is worth looking back at how a small group of determined activists in the US and the then-Soviet Union came together and fought successfully to end atmospheric testing.

Ira Helfand Pleads Once Again to Heed the Warning Signs of Renewed Threats of Atomic War

April 30, 2025

Today, April 30, Dr. Helfand is speaking at the third preparatory meeting of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at UN headquarters in New York City. The treaty is verified by the states involved in perpetuity but is reviewed every five years.

Gov. Hobbs Uses Her Veto Power Generously

April 29, 2025

Gov. Hobbs Gives Her Stamp of Disapproval to Small Nuclear Reactors and 51 Other Bills

Are Small Nuclear Reactors Coming to Arizona?

February 27, 2025

Arizona Utilities Seek DOE Funding for Small Nuclear Reactor Projects $900 Million Incentive to Go Small As 2025 began, Arizona’s three largest utilities, Arizona Public Service (APS), Tucson Electric Power…

Countdown to Midnight

January 20, 2025

On Jan. 28, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists will tell us what time it is, as recorded by the annual Doomsday Clock, the 78-year-old monitor of how close we are to a nuclear midnight.

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Atomic Bomb Survivors

October 11, 2024

The last survivors of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.”