Environmental Issues and Protection

Microsoft Sues E-Waste Harvesters of Phoenix, Claims Firm Sold Pirated Software

Computing giant Microsoft is suing a Phoenix e-waste recycling firm in federal court, claiming that the company has been selling unauthorized copies of its software. Phoenix's E-Waste Harvesters and its principal, Earl Campbell, have repeatedly advertised and sold refurbished computers that contain ... More >>

Solar Eclipsed: Why the Sun Won't Power Phoenix Despite an Industry Boom

Summer Sustainability Series Home Tour

Earth Hour Event Planned by Maricopa County; Costs of Climate-Change Awareness Program Unclear

​ Maricopa County is celebrating Earth Hour this year by shutting off "non-essential" lights for one hour at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. We decided to spend part of our Friday afternoon bugging county officials about this feel-good event, because our past research shows it typically costs governme ... More >>

EPA Sued for Failing to Act on Phoenix Area's Pollution Plan

Lisa Jackson, the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, has been so focused on saving the world from America's greenhouse gases that she seems to have forgetten about serious pollution in the Phoenix area. Jackson is in Copenhagen this week for the international talks on carbon r ... More >>

Brewer Writes EPA: Closure of Coal Plant Could Hurt CAP

​Governor Jan Brewer wrote the Environmental Protection Agency Monday, warning that new regulations being imposed on the state could close the Navajo Generating Station that provides electricity to Central Arizona Project canals.

Firebird International Fined By EPA for Hazardous Waste Violations; President of Raceway Thinks it's a Blessing in Disguise

www.bartonracing.com​The Environmental Protection Agency issued a fine to the Firebird International Raceway and if you ask Firebird International President Charlie Allen, it's a blessing in disguise.The EPA claims that in 2005, Firebird failed to properly report and label hazardous waste like aer ... More >>

Al Gore "Green-iacs" Set Up Shop In The Valley; Take Aim At McCain

www.wikipedia.comThe famed "Manbearpig" pokes fun at fear mongering some folks associate with global warming​Arizona Senator John McCain is the new target of the "green" movement, so much so that Repower America, an offshoot of Al Gore's Alliance For Climate Protection, has opened an office right ... More >>

EPA Giving $82 Million in Stimulus Cash to Arizona for Water Projects

  Image: Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is directing $82 million in Recovery Act Funds to Arizona water projects. The money will "create jobs, boost local economies, improve aging water and wastewater infrastructure and protect human health and the en ... More >>

AZ Earth Day Coalition Celebration

Green Living Weekend

Greg Peterson

Greg Peterson

Robrt L. Pela does not recycle

An Inconvenient Truth at Changing Hands Bookstore

Public Waste

Are Phoenix taxpayers being taken to the dump?

Just Plain Cuckoo

What was the Audubon Society thinking when it named a pro-development Republican to head its new statewide effort?

Letters

From the week of January 3, 2002

Russian Roulette

The Western Pacific gray whale, once thought extinct, clings to life in a remote Siberian sea. Biologists fear their research is providing cover for massive oil drilling that threatens to wipe out this lost tribe once and for all.

Devil Fish

The majestic gray whale inspires awe, conflict and troubling environmental questions from the icy seas of Russia to the warm lagoons of Baja.

Up in the Air

Why isn't DEQ cracking down on an alleged law breaker?

Traffic Thicket

Will Phoenix voters finally get onboard a transit plan?

Babbitt's Secret Growth-Control Plan

While the state and the Sierra Club jockey to curb urban expansion, the Secretary of the Interior is quietly pushing his own proposal. We've got the maps.

Legacy or Sham?

The Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution has been established in Mo Udall's name. Would he even like it?

Unpleasantville

Why Growing Smarter Will Grow Old Fast

The so-called Growing Smarter measure would prevent the state from enacting strict growth controls. At the same time, however, it would free up $220 million for land preservation.

Snow Clouds Over the San Francisco Peaks

Like some weather cycle, the battle between skiers and Native American religion returns to Arizona Snowbowl

A Fine Mess

State agencies are reeling in the after-Fife, the ballyhooed state-budget surplus is all but spent, and the government bureaucracy is bigger than ever. Now it's up to Jane Dee Hull to make it all make sense.

Cow Punchers

Ranching takes a blow in the courts, an uppercut to the bottom line and a jab in the marketplace

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.

Same Dam Story

Lake Powell's high waters are flushing the Grand Canyon again. Is it Mother Nature's fault or the Bureau of Reclamation's?

Pining for Justice

Once again, a legal effort aims to compel the Forest Service to follow its own logging rules

Scottsdale's Spin

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

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?

A Hostile Environment

Witnesses say a Justice Department attorney physically attacked a lawyer for environmentalists

The Pain of Maryvale

How the state of Arizona went soft on polluters and mistreated the victims of the Maryvale cancer cluster

The Secret Life of Sidney Phillips

Sierra Club lobbyist doubles as Tucson paper's legislative correspondent

MINES AND MEN

DIGGING AT GRANITE MOUNTAIN AND COPPER BASIN WOULD SCAR THE FACE OF PRESCOTT. PLANS HAVE BEEN STOPPED, BUT ONLY FOR A WHILE.

A TRIM FOR WELLTON-MOHAWKIN A VICTORY FOR ECOLOGISTS, FEDS DENY FUNDS FOR IRRIGATION DISTRICT'S GILA RIVER CHANNEL

FLASHES, 8-10

A CFC PRIMER

LAND OF THE FREE-FOR-ALL

WITH PROPOSITION 300--THE PRIVATE-PROPERTY-RIGHTS MEASURE--ARIZONA ONCE AGAIN BECOMES A BATTLEGROUND FOR A NATIONAL RIGHT-WING CRUSADE

WHO TORCHED GARY RAPER'S HOUSE?FLAGSTAFF ARSONIST INFLAMES ENVIRONMENTAL DEBATE

THE TRUCK STOPS HERE

RECYCLING MADE EASY! PHOENIX PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS CA ALCADE OF TRASH.

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

GIVE ME THAT OLD-TIME CONSTITUTION

THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND INDUSTRY OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS HAS TAKEN ON A RELIGIOUS FERVOR

MOTOROLA: THE STORY SO FAR

MOTOROLA: THE STORY SO FAR

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

PEST CONTROLGOVERNMENT SPRAYS FOR ENVORONMENTALISTS BEFORE HOSTING PESTICIDE CONFAB