U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Florence Rescinds Ordinance Banning Sulfuric Acid Use for Mine; Curis Copper Project to Move Forward

Millions of gallons of sulfuric acid could soon be spewed into underground crevices near Florence following that town's rescinding of a ban on the substance for mining. Last August, the Town Council in the southeast Valley burg, mostly recognized for its prison complex, passed an ordinance that pro ... More >>

Disappearing Ink: What Will Happen to All the Books?

Top Five Phoenix Food Stories of the Week

Every week, there's a cornucopia of Phoenix food news, features, and reviews to report here at Chow Bella. If you're like most people, you probably just don't have the time to get to all of it. It's kind of like those burgers at Old Town Whiskey; it just won't all fit in your mouth ... or in this ca ... More >>

Jeff Flake, U.S. Senate Hopeful, Chastises Congressman Todd Akin Over "Legitimate Rape" Comments, Yet He Co-Sponsored Legislation with Phrase "Forcible Rape"

Congressman Jeff Flake posted on his Facebook page on Thursday that during his campaign trail travels all over the state -- to places such as Superior, Miami, Globe, Payson, Show Low, Prescott, Flagstaff, Williams, Lake Havasu, Sierra Vista, Tucson, Kingman -- he had a revelation. "What I've found i ... More >>

Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman Ends Ruthless Censorship of the Word "Suck" -- by Saying it 11 Times in Single City Council Meeting

TempeTempe Mayor Hugh Hallman no longer "sucks" in New Times eyes.​Say what you will about Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, but he's a man of his word -- at least when it comes to the word "suck."In an apparent attempt to make up for his ruthless censorship of New Times'' work, the mayor said the word "s ... More >>

Janet Napolitano's Former Spokeswoman, Jeanine L'Ecuyer, Lands At Public Affairs Firm

Jeanine L'Ecuyer, former Governor Janet Napolitano's spokeswoman, has been hired at at a local lobbying and public affairs firm that represents mining interests, Magellan Health Services and Arizona State University. We figured L'Ecuyer would end up with some cushy Washington D. ... More >>

Chemtrails: Strong Competitor for Dumbest Conspiracy Theory Ever

Most conspiracy theories are so ridiculous, it's hard to choose which are the least plausible or which faces the higher mountain of opposing evidence. Some seem within the realm of the possible, such as the ones that surround the assassination of JFK, the Pearl Harbor attack or the murder of Pr ... More >>

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 >>

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

Green Fatigue: By the Numbers

No amount of sharpening can save Samurai Warriors: KATANA

It Doesn't Suck!

Breathe easy, Simpsons fans. The movie is eeeexellent.

Gas Bag Man

The winged wonder rags on dead Republi-con Jeff Groscost, Tempe's "PG clause," and Dr. Sketchy's anti-art lameness

Bladder Problems

Phoenix has spent $1.5 million to install fuel bladders in police cruisers and they can't pass emissions tests

Letters

Letters from the week of January 16, 2003

Trouble in the Sac

Nevada's wastewater is causing sex problems in fish. But will Arizona get screwed by the solution?

Arizona's Worst Neighbor

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

Shock Treatment

California eats lots of power, but it doesn't like growing its own power plants. Instead, Arizona is becoming the new power farm for the Coast.

Fuel's Gold

Consumers clamor for big state bucks under alternative-fuel incentive program

Twisted Ecologic

Governor Hull says it's time for inclusiveness in politics. Environmentalists say she won't give them the time of day.

Letters

From the week of December 24, 1998

This Just In

What's up with BOMEX?

Clearing the Air

The county attorney concludes the Sumitomo Sitix plant is not a public health threat, but a neighborhood effort against the plant continues

Deborah Ham's Unfinished Business

The battle against a mine loses its leader

Meth Mess

Methamphetamine labs are springing up all over--in homes, apartments, motels. Who's making sure the toxins left behind are cleaned up? Nobody.

So Sue Me

The court has spoken; lawmakers stand in defiance. But if the state Legislature doesn't come up with a constitutional school finance plan by July, school's out forever.

Second Helpings

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.

Letters

Letters

Risky Business

A former employee says Maricopa County is better at covering up than cleaning up its environmental hazards. And that could get the county in trouble for financial fraud--again.

Flashes

Flashes

Marshmallow Roast

Letters

Letters

Carlota Complaints

Tribes allege that archaeological and burial sites on mine grounds are being violated

Time to Burn

Is the Lone Fire a preview of California-style infernos to come?

Flashes

From Dust to ... Golf?

Phelps Dodge wants to turn a dusty plain of toxic mine tailings into what it says is an environment-friendly golf course near the Verde River. No one can be sure whether the unprecedented plan will work. But that hasn't stopped anyone from fighting abo

Webb Design

The good, the bad and the boring of Del Webb's New River development

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.

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

FREON EASY

ARIZONA'S REPUBLICAN LEADERS WANT THE STATE TO BUCK FEDERAL LAWS ON CFC PRODUCTION. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WEIRD SCIENCE MIXES WITH WACKY POLITICS.

COMEDY IS ENDANGEREDPEOPLE FOR THE WEST CONVENE, TRIGGER LAFF RIOT

BUSINESS AS USUAL

STATE LAWMAKERS SOLVED MANY PROBLEMS THIS SESSION. UNFORTUNATELY,MOST OF THE PROBLEMS WERE BIG BUSINESSES'.

MAXI PODS

MOTOROLA: THE STORY SO FAR

MOTOROLA: THE STORY SO FAR

THE FATAL SOLUTIONAIR FORCE MECHANIC SAYS HIS LEUKEMIA IS LINKED TO SOLVENT CONTAINING DEADLY BENZENE