World Wide Fund for Nature

City spends $3,000 to shut off lights for Earth Hour

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Letters 07-20-2000

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Crying Whale

Environmental groups sent out a worldwide call to save the gray whale from a Mexican salt plant. They got millions of dollars and thousands of new members. But scientists found no threat to the whales.

Earth Hour: City of Phoenix to Save Money by Opting Out of Event in 2009

  Last year, when the city of Phoenix still had money, Earth Hour was all fun and games. Then came the recession, which forced the city to start making nine-digit budget cuts and laying off hundreds of people. New Times has confirmed that, this year, Phoenix won't be sp ... More >>

Slam-o-Rama

Smarking the territory

Raw Talent

World Wrestling Entertainment has a choke hold on Valley

Rock in Role

As The Scorpion King, the People's Champ doth layeth the smacketh down

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.

Land Sakes!

Clinton Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt lays claim to an environmental legacy. Too bad it's a monumental disappointment.

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 >>

WWE's WrestleMania XXVI Extravaganza Overexcites and Underwhelms

​Last night, Vince McMahon and his World Wrestling Entertainment crew took their one-ring circus and blew out of the Valley after almost a weeklong stay. WrestleMania 26 is over with and done, just like the carnivals and circuses from which professional wrestling sprang, the "sports entertainmen ... More >>

Sucker for Packaging: Lilly Pulitzer Animal Crackers

​It's been many years since I've eaten animal crackers, and now I find myself suddenly obsessed with them. Blame it on the Lilly Pulitzer packaging. Along with all that cute, flowery, retro Lilly Pulitzer stuff they did for Target recently (surely you saw the barrage of everything Lilly, fro ... More >>

Superstar Billy Graham Made It Big in Wrestling -- Now the Steroids That Got Him There May Be Killing Him

​It's been many years since I've eaten animal crackers, and now I find myself suddenly obsessed with them. Blame it on the Lilly Pulitzer packaging. Along with all that cute, flowery, retro Lilly Pulitzer stuff they did for Target recently (surely you saw the barrage of everything Lilly, fro ... More >>