U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Phoenix Still Has Chromium-6 in Its Water, and Who Knows If It's Dangerous

"Is Phoenix tap water safe to drink?" the City of Phoenix's Water Services Department asks itself in a Q&A document."Phoenix tap water meets or surpasses all federal and state requirements for health and safety," it answers in the document revised last week. "More than five million tests and measure ... More >>

Phoenix Makes Top 20 in EPA's List of Most Energy-Efficient Cities

Wikimedia Commons The Collier Center is one of Phoenix's most energy efficient buildings.​ The Environmental Protection Agency released its second annual list of U.S. cities with the most energy-efficient buildings. Phoenix ranked number 20, just ahead of Ogden, Utah, and Charlotte, North ... More >>

March 23 In Blogs: Russell Pearce, She & Him, Republic Ramen, and J.D. Hayworth

​In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Feathered Bastard: Russell Pearce's Police State Bill on the Today's COW Calendar, Will Sanity Prevail in Sa ... More >>

Hot Links: RSV Virus, Solar Power, and Money for Eggs

​Health officials at children's hospitals around the Valley say that hundreds of Arizona kids have been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening respiratory virus. The virus, known as RSV, is a common cause of inflammation in the airways of the lungs and pneumonia, and its symptoms are simila ... 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 >>

Charter School Goes on Attack After TV News Station Airs Asbestos Story

​ ​ A Phoenix charter school believes that when it comes to a "biased" news report, the best defense is a good offense. After Channel 3 News (KTVK-TV) aired a sensationalized report about asbestos at North Pointe Preparatory, the school published a retort prominently on i ... More >>

ASU Art Museum Opens "Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures" Both Literally and Figuratively with Postcommodity Installation

Friday night was not your typical art opening at ASU Art Museum's Ceramics Research Center - no gallery goers milling about, gawking at art objects carefully mounted on vitrine-capped pedestals spaced strategically throughout a pristine gallery space. No, this was literally an opening celebrating ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

Breathless

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

S#&t Storm

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

School of Rock

George Tabb pens a piece of punk history

Outlaw Dumping

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

Liquid Purity

To protect the public's water, some Phoenix employees will have to pee in a cup

Giving Us Crap

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

Industry Goes to the Well . . . to dilute clean-water regulations

Balancing Act

Western governors conference weighs pros and cons of environmental policy

Unpleasantville

Flashes

Cleaning the Creek

A mining company mucks out its own mess at Pinto Creek

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,

Burning Questions

Federal and local regulators return to BFI's medical-waste incinerator

Letters

Sabotage at Sitix?

Silicon plant fouls air while company worries about foul play

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?

Plant Strife

Foes of the Sumitomo facility continue to dig up inconsistencies in the process

Tale of the Crypto

Other Valley cities wonder whether Phoenix's water treatment practices increase the odds for an outbreak of a waterborne disease. It's called Crypto and it can kill.

We're Number Two!

FLASHES

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.

HAVE WE COMMITTED A "VEGGIE HATE CRIME"?

A CFC PRIMER

THE POLLUTION ALL-STARS

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE INDUSTRY FREE REIN OVER ARIZONA'S NATURAL RESOURCES, YOU'LL LOVE THESE POLITICIANS

BUYING A GILA MONSTER

FARMERS IN THE GILA RIVER BASIN HAVE ALREADY SUCKED DOWN $500 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT PORK. NOW THEY WANT ANOTHER $20 MILLION FOR A SENSELESS FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECT.

PIPE DREAMS PHOENIX IS THE LAST MAJOR CITY TO USE UNDERGROUND PIPES THAT CONTAIN ASBESTOS

WHITEWASH? WHAT WHITEWASH?WHILE GOVERNOR SYMINGTON TOOK THE BOWS FOR GETTING RID OF ENSCO, THE PROTESTERS TOOK THE LUMPS

MOTOROLA THE STORY SO FAR

A YEAR INSIDE THE MOTOROLA MESSSINNERS AND VICTIMS--WARRIORS AND REGULATORS

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

MOTOROLA: THE STORY SO FAR

UNANSWERED PRAYERS AND QUESTIONS

RESIDENTS NEAR THE MOTOROLA SUPERFUND SITES CONDUCT UNSOPHISTICATED HEALTH STUDIES BECAUSE THEY DONT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT. NEITHER DO THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN SCIENTISTS.

NATIONAL SUPERFUND SHIFT UNVIELED IN PHOENIX

THE COST OF TOXIC SPILLSHERE'S HOW YOU'LL PAY FOR MOTOROLA'S CONTAMINATION

DISASTER RESPONSE

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