Summer Safety Weekly Recap: 7/3/25 – 7/9/25

In 2024, the max temperature in Phoenix sat at or above 100 degrees for approximately 30% of the year — and that non-stop consecutive heat has environmental advocates and doctors worried about the years to come as climate change continues to make the world and Arizona hotter.

Yesterday, United States District Court Judge Tana Lin for the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Washington issued a preliminary injunction lifting the Trump administration’s unlawful freeze of federal funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. NEVI is a transformative $5 billion initiative to build reliable and convenient fast charging stations for electric vehicles along major highways nationwide.

Listen to Representative Greg Stanton’s interview with KJZZ about threats to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

Today, the Arizona Commerce Authority released new numbers highlighting the jobs and business investment at risk due to cuts from the Congressional Reconciliation Bill. In total, the reckless legislation would put 69,000 jobs and $58 billion in investments in Arizona at risk.

As a registered nurse with over 25 years of experience serving vulnerable communities across Arizona — in school clinics, long-term care facilities, and public health programs — I’ve dedicated my career to helping people live healthier, safer lives. I’ve worked with families struggling to find affordable care, seniors battling chronic health conditions, and children suffering from asthma worsened by air pollution.

Trump’s policies are already threatening our energy independence – and Congressional Republicans would make it that much worse. Since November, over $86 billion in investments have been put at risk

The lawmakers said they’re “deeply concerned” by some of the Trump agenda bill’s provisions and called for changes to mitigate “significant disruption” to certain projects.

The economic news coming out of Washington these days is enough to confuse the savviest of business owners. But let’s be clear: The dual prospect of cuts to federal clean energy investments and the imposition of tariffs could threaten the gains we’ve seen across Arizona’s clean energy sector in recent years.

More than $14 billion in clean energy investments in the U.S. have been canceled or delayed this year, according to an analysis released Thursday, as President Donald Trump’s pending megabill has raised fears over the future of domestic battery, electric vehicle and solar and wind energy development.