Sunday Speaker – Sandy Bahr: From AZ to DC, What’s Up with Environmental Policy?

Description:

This talk will focus on environmental policies here in Arizona and what is happening at the Arizona Legislature, the Governor's office, and with some of the agencies. This will include discussion on water, especially in rural Arizona, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, and anti-environmental and harmful legislation. The program will also take a look at climate and environmental policies and programs at the federal level and what we can expect from the Congress and the new administration, especially relative to rollbacks of positive measures implemented in the last four years.
 

Bio:

Sandy Bahr is the director for the Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter of Sierra Club, where her responsibilities include advocating for environmental protection, equity, and democracy, including climate action and justice, with various state and federal agencies, conducting research, developing and evaluating policies, conducting grassroots outreach and organizing, developing and implementing priority projects, fundraising and budget development, and supervising staff, among others. Originally from Michigan, she has made the Sonoran Desert her home for 38 years and worked actively on environmental protection issues in Arizona for most of that time, both as a volunteer and as staff for various organizations.

Sandy monitors and advocates on environmental protection, clean energy, and climate justice at the Arizona Legislature, the Arizona Corporation Commission, and various state and federal agencies. She has received a number of awards for her work, including the 2016 Scrapping Bear Award from the Arizona Chapter of the Wildlife Society for her advocacy work relative to wildlife, the Arizona Interfaith Power and Light 2017 SAGE (Spirited Activists Greening the Earth) award, the Arizona Capitol Times 2018 recognition for Best Activist, the 2019 Best Environmentalist recognition from Phoenix New Times, and 2023 recognition from Chispa Arizona. Sandy has an associates in applied science in civil engineering, a bachelors in environmental studies, and a masters in legal studies.

Please Note:
Doors open at 9:00 am for optional buffet breakfast ($5 donation) and socializing. Speaker program begins at 10:00 am.

Important: $5 breakfast fee waived for awesome humans bringing in food to share!

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