Maricopa County experiences extreme weather, including heat waves, dust storms, drought, wildfires, flooding, and poor air quality events. Earth's temperature depends on the balance between energy entering and leaving the planet.When incoming energy from the sun is absorbed, Earth warms. Companies in Phoenix are establishing climate goals and developing the technologies that will power a lowcarbon, zero waste economy. Thank you to Joe Gibbs, retired Air Quality Specialist, who devoted many years of public service in the city of Phoenix and. Abundant evidence and strong agreement among sources exist regarding current impacts of climate change in the region. O Rio Salado participated in a National Teach-In on Global Warming Solutions on February. Through AgMIP, collaboration is ongoing with the Global Agricultural Trials Repository (AgTrials.