Energy Technology

3rd Eye Girl, a New Backing Band, Will Join Prince in Tempe

Prince's relationship with his backing bands has always been a little more fraught than, say, Buddy Holly and the Crickets or Dave Matthews and Band. There's been several of them, for one thing -- the Revolution and the New Power Generation, along with associates like Morris Day and The Time and Apo ... More >>

Tong Soo Chung, Prominent Korean Lawyer, Behind Matinee Energy Solar-Power Fraud in Arizona, Lawsuit Says; Matinee Also Faces 2nd Suit by Chinese Panel Maker

Tong Soo Chung, a prominent South Korean lawyer and former public official, is behind an alleged fraud committed by Tucson's Matinee Energy solar company, a lawsuit states. Our April 12 feature article on Matinee Energy explained why its highly touted plans to build a major solar-panel farm in Bens ... More >>

NRCC Going After Andrei Cherny, Kyrsten Sinema in CD9

The National Republican Congressional Committee has been increasing press-release blasts to some of its targeted districts recently, including two already today.The releases mostly tie local candidates to the Obama administration and the current Democrats in Congress, just plugging in the name of th ... More >>

Matinee Energy? Power Co-Op Isn't Buying It; Proposed Benson Solar Farm Reportedly too Big for Nearby Lines

Matinee Energy, the Tucson mystery company with ties to two controversial brothers, has plans to build a large-scale, 120-megawatt solar-power plant in Benson.But even if the firm manages to complete the project, which claims a construction budget "up to the maximum of $444 million," it isn't clear ... More >>

Gilbert Man Sets Car on Fire With Firework. Bad Move -- Car Actually Police "Bait Car"

​When the Gilbert Police Department parked a "bait car" near 950 North Gilbert Road Sunday night, they probably thought they'd nab someone trying to steal a stereo, or maybe even the car itself. But 18-year-old Anthony Rubio upped the ante: he burned the car to a crisp.According to court records, ... More >>

Suspicious Package Found Near Palo Verde Plant

www.fastcompany.com​The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station is the largest nuclear power facility in the country. So, naturally, people freaked out this morning when a suspicious package was found at the facility.Security guards at the plant called the Sheriff's Office about 5 a.m. today after t ... More >>

Endorsements: Romley for County Attorney; Jennings for Corporation Commission; Dougherty for U.S. Senate

Hyundai Heavy Industries to Build Big Solar Plant in Southern Arizona by 2012

  Image: Hyundai Heavy Industries Solar panels by Hyundai Heavy will be sprouting in two small, southern Arizona towns by 2012.​A massive solar-energy project will be capturing the sun's rays near the Cochise Stronghold area in southern Arizona within two years, Hyundai Heavy Industri ... More >>

Free Boating on Town Lake

Maricopa Same as Monument Valley to Irish Eyes; Solar Project Coming to Peoria

Check out the photo and caption that ran along with an article on an Irish Web site about an upcoming solar energy project:   ​    

Solar Energy Snub: Feds Shortchange Arizona in Solar Study

  ​ The feds are going to study 670,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management land in six western states -- but only 16,000 of those acres are in Arizona. What an oversight! Those gloomy skies over Washington D.C. must have dimmed bureaucrats' minds. It's typically said that we get about ... More >>

Windmills in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec Screw Over Landowning Farmers

At first glance, the Arizona Republic's business-section article today on windmills in La Venta, Mexico, looks like more happy news about "clean" energy. It's headlined, "Living off the wind," and shows a bucolic scene of cows grazing near towering windmills. A graphic about the ultra-windy Isthmus ... More >>

Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection Worried About News Coverage (Or Lack of It)

  Touchy, touchy. A representative of Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection called us this afternoon to ask why our June 8 post about a roundtable being hosted by the group was so "negative." The woman started off by telling us that she's a journalist who was working for the Alliance a ... More >>

Arizona to Receive $23 Million From Feds to Help Poor People Avoid Wasting Energy

When it comes to wasting energy, folks living below the poverty line might not care so much about being green as saving green -- as in money. By helping people fix inefficiencies in their homes, both a personal and community need is met. That's the idea behind a state program getting $23 millio ... More >>

Hybrid Prius Drivers May Be in for an Unexpectedly Wild Ride

Hot Links: Light Rail Extensions Not Coming Soon Enough for Some; Gag Order Revised in St. Johns Murder Case; First State Flu Patient of Season Reported

Remember when folks were whining about light rail construction? (Okay, some of us still are.) The Repub reports this morning that a group of local residents and business owners are complaining loudly about project -- specifically, that it's not coming soon enough to their neighborhoods. This could b ... More >>

Sarah Palin can run on her record, proudly

Corporation Commission candidate Sam George is Sam Vagenas with a new name and old tricks

Letters from the issue of Thursday, May 1, 2008

Alternative fuels aren't solving Phoenix's air-pollution problem, and it's doubtful that they will anytime soon

Green Fatigue: By the Numbers

Farrell's Pet Cause

Not just cool — Global Cool

The Real Alternative

Biodiesel do ya

Shark Bites

JAWS Unleashed is as sloppy as it is gory

Terrorists' Guide to Arizona

A look at Arizona's most bomb-worthy targets

Apocalypse How?

Jerry Brady predicts that al-Qaida will be coming to a power line near you

Letters

From the week of August 23, 2001

Letters

From the week of May 10, 2001

Tomorrow Never Knows

With its recent U.S. tour, Kraftwerk stakes its claim as the most important group since The Beatles

Letters

Lines of Power

Mesa residents claim a Tempe councilwoman's home is being spared from high-tension lines--at their expense

UNION NUKED AT PALO VERDENLRB FILES COMPLAINT OVER CONTRACTOR'S REFUSAL TO HIRE UNIONISTS

TAKING A QUACK AT PUBLIC RELATIONSTALKING DEAD DUCKS AT THE PALO VERDE NUCLEAR PLANT

SORRY, YOU'VE BEEN RE-ENGINEEREDPALO VERDE LAYS OFF HUNDREDS, OUSTS UNION TRADESMEN, IN STREAMLINING EFFORT

MONITOR LAGGARDS

WHEN IT COLLECTS AIRBORN SAMPLES OF RADIOACTIVE DUST, PALO VERDE THINKS SMALL

INTERSTATE HIGH JINKS

LAND BATTLE PITS REP. JON KYL (R-DEL WEBB CORP.) AGAINST REP. JIM BILBRAY (D-SUMMA CORP.)

REFUSE TECHNOLOGY REFUSEDLANDFILLERS SEE DEVICE TO REDUCE TRASH IN THE EARTH AS PIE IN THE SKY

A ONE-MAN TRAFFIC WAR

GRIEVING OVER A YOUNG GIRL'S DEATH, A FRIEND ARMS HIMSELF WITH A VIDEO CAMERA

Sell, APS, Sell!

Experts say Arizona would be lucky if an outsider bought its largest utility company