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PEST CONTROLGOVERNMENT SPRAYS FOR ENVORONMENTALISTS BEFORE HOSTING PESTICIDE CONFAB

MOTOROLA THE STORY SO FAR

DIRT CLEANERS SUE CITYSOIL-RECYCLING CENTER'S FUTURE WILL HING ON ZONING PROCESS, NOT POLLUTION OUTPUT

WELFARE FOR GOLFTHE GOVERNMENT IS SUBSIDIZING MORE AND MORE WATER-SLURPING, PESTICIDE-LACED GOLF COURSES--EVEN THOUGH THE VALLEY ALREADY HAS 130 OF THEM

NO MINER CONSIDERATION

A CANADIAN MINING COMPANY WANTS TO DIG A 300-ACRE HOLE BEHIND DONNA GOODALE'S HOUSE. ALTHOUGH MOST ALL OF THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA, THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE EXCAVATION.

Tapped Out

In Pine and Strawberry, the groundwater runs down to Phoenix. Now water reserves are shrinking, the two paradisiacal Mogollon Rim hamlets are drying out--and hardly anyone wants to admit it.

Scottsdale's Drinking Problem

It's crystal clear that the city of Scottsdale served its citizens water laced with a suspected carcinogen. But did city officials do it on purpose?

Scottsdale's Spin

City responds to reports of tainted drinking water by lobbying state officials

Marshmallow Roast

City responds to reports of tainted drinking water by lobbying state officials

Taken to the Cleaners

A family-owned company could go out of business because state Senator Russell Bowers has introduced legislation that would free a larger company from paying its share to clean up toxic groundwater

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A family-owned company could go out of business because state Senator Russell Bowers has introduced legislation that would free a larger company from paying its share to clean up toxic groundwater

Unclean Getaway

Maricopa County dumped hazardous waste at its property for years. But don't expect the county to pay for it -- ADEQ has already let it off the hook.

Letters

Maricopa County dumped hazardous waste at its property for years. But don't expect the county to pay for it -- ADEQ has already let it off the hook.

Letters

Maricopa County dumped hazardous waste at its property for years. But don't expect the county to pay for it -- ADEQ has already let it off the hook.

Government by Litigation

Increasingly, public officials ignore laws they're paid to uphold. Citizens and interest groups regularly drag these same bureaucrats into court, trying to ensure that the laws of the land are enforced. But now even the courts, once bastions of authority,

Cleaning the Creek

A mining company mucks out its own mess at Pinto Creek

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A mining company mucks out its own mess at Pinto Creek

What a Wasteland

A mining company mucks out its own mess at Pinto Creek

Unpleasantville

A mining company mucks out its own mess at Pinto Creek

Scott Free

Senator Bundgaard comes to the rescue of a polluter

Tributary Bypass

Ninety years ago, an electric company harnessed all 14 miles of Fossil Creek. Now, environmentalists want the water set free.

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Ninety years ago, an electric company harnessed all 14 miles of Fossil Creek. Now, environmentalists want the water set free.

Recycling 101: What to recycle, what not to recycle,and does it even matter?

Ninety years ago, an electric company harnessed all 14 miles of Fossil Creek. Now, environmentalists want the water set free.

Green Fatigue: By the Numbers

Ninety years ago, an electric company harnessed all 14 miles of Fossil Creek. Now, environmentalists want the water set free.

S#&t Storm

Phoenix's sewer crisis has gone unnoticed by most toilet users, but it's the talk of sewage experts nationwide

Contaminated Splendor

Painted Rock Reservoir's beauty is deceiving. It's one of the most toxic sinkholes in America

Born Again

Painted Rock Reservoir's beauty is deceiving. It's one of the most toxic sinkholes in America

Garbage Time

Painted Rock Reservoir's beauty is deceiving. It's one of the most toxic sinkholes in America

ROOTING FOR THE NEWS

Painted Rock Reservoir's beauty is deceiving. It's one of the most toxic sinkholes in America

Space Invaders

All of a sudden, the City of Phoenix wants a chronic polluter to stick around. What gives?

Ant Farm

The death of tiny Autumn White should make lawmakers think more carefully about state budget cuts

Letters

Letters from the week of January 16, 2003

Fire

Phoenix's negligence left hundreds sick from toxic fumes. It's only a matter of time before it happens again.

Goober-natorial

Janet Napolitano is the Dems' lame anointee for governor. But Alfredo Gutierrez could beat her.

Giving Us Crap

Farmers say it's nourishing. Critics say it's noxious. Either way, tons of California sewage is headed to Arizona.

Arizona's Worst Neighbor

People are sick and animals are dying near TRW's air-bag plant in Mesa.

Road Warrior

Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years

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Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years

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Ranch owner's feud with feds has been dragging on for 10 years

Quit Polluting Our Aquifers. Please. Pretty Please.

Republican revolutionaries want environmental regulators who cooperate with business. Those who enforce Arizona's groundwater laws have to cooperate; there are too few of them to do much else.

ARIZONA'S OIL CHANGE

THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHIRKS ITS MANDATE TO CHECK USED OIL FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

TAKING DEQ TO THE CLEANERSMINORITIES GET STATE'S EAR, DEMAND "ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE"

THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHIRKS ITS MANDATE TO CHECK USED OIL FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

MINE SHAFTEDTHE FOLKS IN MORRISTOWN MAY BE GETTING A NOT-SO-GRAND CANYON

THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHIRKS ITS MANDATE TO CHECK USED OIL FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

MOTOROLA: THE STORY SO FAR

THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHIRKS ITS MANDATE TO CHECK USED OIL FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

NATIONAL SUPERFUND SHIFT UNVIELED IN PHOENIX

THE STATE'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY SAYS THE DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES SHIRKS ITS MANDATE TO CHECK USED OIL FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE

MOTOROLA

FOR DECADES THE PROMISE OF CLEAN, HIGH-TECH PLANTS REPRESENTED ARIZONA'S FUTURE. NOW WE MUST ALL PAY FOR THE MISTAKES OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY

Dlubak Recycling Company Violates Standards in Yuma, Spreads Lead, Says DEQ; E-Waste Going to South Korea, Not Philippines

  Lead-contaminated glass at the Yuma location of Dlubak Glass recycling company is being shipped to South Korea, not the Philippines, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality now reports. Mark Shaffer, spokesman for the agency, tells us state officials named the wrong ... More >>

Hot Links: Uranium Mining, Balsillie in Court, and SRP Rates

​Uranium mining could resume near the Grand Canyon this year, after the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality issued an air-quality permit to Denison Mines. The company plans to work the Arizona 1 mine, which hasn't been mined for two decades. Conservationists and Native American groups oppo ... More >>

Hot Links: Motorcycle Emissions, Education Funding, and a Body Found in the Grand Canyon

​A possible extension of the Valley Metro light rail that would extend through Mesa is likely to get federal funding, according to Mesa Mayor Scott Smith. Smith presented the project to officials in Washington D.C. last week and claims that federal officials are all but sold on helping fund th ... More >>

Hot Links: Abortion Bill, Oil Refineries, and Car Surfing

​The Arizona Legislature advanced an abortion bill yesterday, while delaying a concealed weapons bill. The abortion measure, which requires final passage before moving to the Senate, would require health care personnel who treat women with complications from abortions to submit a report to the sta ... More >>