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Ben Grumbles
Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ)

Among Arizona’s most pressing environmental challenges today is finding innovative ways to address water sustainability and rising greenhouse gas emissions, a key driver affecting climate change. Communities and ecosystems depend on a sustainable supply of clean and safe water, and a current focus of ADEQ’s mission is to explore and implement ways to reduce water waste, encourage its reuse, and restore critical watersheds. We also recognize the nexus between water and energy – connecting the drops with the watts! Advancing clean, renewable energy is crucial to resolving other critical environmental concerns, from clean air to climate change.

Together with Arizona businesses and communities, ADEQ is striving for pragmatic, pro-active approaches to climate change mitigation and adaptation by advancing clean renewable energy, smart growth, fuel efficient transportation and energy efficiency policies and practices that make sense for Arizona. I look forward to telling you about our efforts and hearing your views on these important and timely topics.