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Environmental Protection

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Danny Seo Columns Offer Tips for Living an Annoyingly Green Lifestyle

      The Arizona Republic, desperate for something to squeeze between the ads as more reporters get laid off, started running a new, syndicated column today by greener-than-thou marketer Danny Seo. Seo's like a cross between Heloise, Martha Stewart and Al Gore -- he wants to save Earth by sma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2009

    Random Restaurant Holidays

    I sort of understand why today would be a good day for restaurants to promote themselves. After you've done your time under a pile of paperwork -- and perhaps coughed up some dough to Uncle Sam -- you could use a free taco from Taco del Mar (print out a tax day freebie coupon from their website) or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    Phoenix's Pro Properties, Inc. Fined for Failing to Disclose Lead Warnings

    Phoenix-based property management company Pro Properties, Inc. must pay a $7,500 fine for failing to provide federally required lead-warning statements to renters of at some of its properties.   The company's failure to disclose violates the U.S. Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    Hot Links: Officials Plan to Pit Former County Attorney Vs. County Attorney; Mesa Police Union Prez Investigated for Gun Mishap; Tips Down Locally for Wait Staff

    The county power struggle continues as Maricopa County Supervisors announce plans to retain former County Attorney Rick Romley as a bulwark against current County Attorney Andrew Thomas. Which side are you rooting for? Fabian Cota, head of the Mesa police union, is under inv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    State Recycling Programs in Trouble as Economic Slowdown Hits China

    Jill McCutcheon, executive director of Sedona Recycles, says the current state of recycling is the biggest Catch-22 she's ever seen. The non-profit northern Arizona company's education division did a stellar job convincing state residents to drop off cardboard goods at 13 sites around the Verde Val ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    Free Hot Air Balloon Rides at Event Condemning Costs of Global Warming Solutions

    The right-leaning American for Prosperity group is bringing its Hot Air Tour to Phoenix on Saturday, offering tethered hot air balloon rides and speeches on the huge costs of trying to solve global warming. Tom Jenney, director of the AFP's Arizona chapt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2008

    Disgusting Air Blankets Valley as Winter Pollution Season Revs Up

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • News

    August 7, 2008

    Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    Swap your wife instead of your SUV!

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    Earth Day 5K at Tempe Beach Park

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • Music

    April 17, 2008

    Multi-use condoms, vintage clothes, and other ways rock stars are saving the earth

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    Heidi Tourangeau knows how to save you from death by toxin absorption through living eco-friendly

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008

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

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    Green Fatigue: By the Numbers

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    January 31, 2008

    No amount of sharpening can save Samurai Warriors: KATANA

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    HoodRide's Tree Jay House

    Hard to believe we're breathing this soup, isn't it?  Apart from that disturbing detail, the brown haze lingering below the summit of 2,704-foot Camelback Mountain looked almost pretty near sunset on Sunday evening. The skyscrapers of downtown can barely be seen through the opaque cloud, but ... More >>

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Rock Politics

    Paint it green

  • Music

    July 19, 2007

    Dakota & The Black River Bandit

    The real deal

  • Music

    November 30, 2006

    Ben Folds

    Supersunnyspeedgraphic: The LP
    (Sony)

  • News

    November 2, 2006

    Breathless

    Despite a lot of hoopla at the beginning of Napolitano's administration, environmental protections for kids have not improved much

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Wisdom of the Ancestors

    A Hopi leader fought a lonely battle to stop a mining company from stealing water that helped build Phoenix. He succeeded. Finally

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    S#&t Storm

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

  • News

    June 9, 2005

    Letters

    Letters from the issue of Thursday, June 9, 2005

  • News

    May 26, 2005

    The Rancher's Revenge

    When environmentalists attacked, rancher Jim Chilton used the best ammunition he could find -- and it came from his enemy

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Big Bad Developer

    George Johnson is quickly becoming the most notorious developer in Arizona

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Space Invaders

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

  • News

    September 18, 2003

    River Gamble

    Rick Renzi's hoping people buy his line that an amendment he's sponsoring has nothing to do with his father's defense business

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Outlaw Dumping

    State prison officials wanted tons of deadly asbestos to disappar. So they made the inmates do the job.

  • News

    February 6, 2003

    Indian Ruin

    The Zuni tribe's plans for Phoenix billboards were abruptly canceled by Clear Channel

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Mock Turtle Scoop

    The Spike clears up tale of the tortoises and the harebrained

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Letters

    Letters from the week of January 16, 2003

  • News

    December 19, 2002

    Shades of Green

    The new governor appears to have double-crossed environmental supporters in choosing some new agency heads.

  • News

    October 3, 2002

    Getting the Shaft

    A water dispute puts both the economy and the environment at risk

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