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If you could total up all the energy it took to put on Earth Hour, it probably exceeded the savings in power, if this area’s experience is any guide.

His gang prosecutions had salt; a street banger he put away took out a contract on Richard’s life.

I work at a Seattle-based company, and our customer-service department uses a phone-tree system that asks all callers to press 1 for English, 2 for Spanish, and a few other numbers for commonly spoken languages in our area. I handle customer complaints as part of my job, and I get…

THE VINDICTIVES Land of the vendetta: Sarah Fenske’s article on Cliff Young got me all worked up! The real reason the Arizona Department of Transportation went after Young is that he caused a labor problem within its ranks (“Employee of the Month,” April 10). If he had just kept his…

• Number of Google hits for “eco-chic”: 658,000 Source: Google • Number of Google hits for “reduce, reuse, recycle”: 390,000 Source: Google • Tons of office paper Americans throw away every year: 7.4 million Source: Waste Policy Center, Lessburg, VA • Tons of food Americans throw away every year: 26.2…

Phoenix is an oasis. Parts may look dry and crunchy, but in this Valley, the spigot is always running. Drive through any older Tempe neighborhood and you’ll find huge mulberry trees and lush green lawns, irrigated by floods of water that appear overnight. Acre after acre in Scottsdale is occupied…

A few years ago, the city of Phoenix owned about 1,400 light trucks and cars that can run on compressed natural gas as part of its effort to reduce dependence on gasoline and help clean the air. Now it has cut back to 1,073 such vehicles. And over the next…

Hey, stop sniffing that Sharpie and pay attention. Your home could be hazardous to your health. Don’t worry, Heidi Tourangeau — one of 10 EcoBroker-certified Realtors in the Phoenix area — and her mom Valerie, a certified building biologist, want to help you find a more eco-friendly space. From feng…

If you’ve been swayed by a campaign to recycle office paper, you should feel ripped off. Those who really want to save the Earth should be more concerned with their leftovers. Every year, Americans throw out three times as much food as they do office paper. That’s 26 million tons…

Want bondage gear, gags, dildo harnesses, or whips made of imported Italian pleather? Then look no further than Vegan Erotica, a Phoenix-based company that Camilla Taylor has run for the past seven years. Place your order at the Web site (www.veganerotica.com) and Taylor — who makes and assembles every listed…

Not to go all Little House on the Prairie on you or anything, but you might want to consider homesteading. You know — live off the Earth. Make your own clothes. Heck, make the thread for your own clothes. Harvest rainwater, save seeds. When he’s not making art or throwing…

Welcome to Phoenix New Times’ first Green Issue! Not. This week’s paper won’t feature a photo spread of all-organic fashions worn by sinewy models who subsist on raw-food diets, shot lounging on Crate and Barrel’s brand-new line of eco-friendly patio furniture. (Although it does include a profile of a woman…

I don’t recycle. Seriously, if you come to my house and want to toss out your empty water bottle or your paper cup from Starbucks, you can put it right in with last night’s leftover sashimi and the packing peanuts from my latest eBay purchase, because there’s just one trashcan…

Last year, trees died so I could learn how to live “green.” Doesn’t seem quite right, does it? But anybody with a magazine jones like mine undoubtedly triggered a similar herbicide. That’s because Vanity Fair and Dwell and Elle and Shape and Wired have each produced a “green issue” (or…

Some of her tales involve the kind of infidelity that permeates the most cliche of country songs.

Summer is almost here and that means time for chillin’ outside is rapidly running out!

Hazelwood’s 1st Place Sports Grill on Saturday, April 12th. By: Lilia Menconi For more to fantasize about click here. This weekend, we decided to check out one of those places we’ve passed by a million times but have never bothered to stop in. Rumor has it that Hazelwood’s is loaded…

By Jonathan McNamara The Phoenix International Raceway was buzzing with activity this weekend as not one, not two, but three races delighted race fans and extreme noise enthusiasts. The Subway Fresh Fit 500 on Saturday drew a colossal crowd that was quick to slam over-priced beers while trying to talk…