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Looming Drought Prompts Arizona Cities to Stock up on Colorado River Water

By Elizabeth WhitmanNovember 5, 2018

Before a natural disaster hits, what do you do? You run to the store and load up on food, water, and batteries, of course.

Memo: Arizona Parks Considered Gift From Mine Company While Ignoring Waste Site

Memo: Arizona Parks Considered Gift From Mine Company While Ignoring Waste Site

By Steven HsiehNovember 1, 2018

Keegan allegedly said Resolution Copper offered to gift Parks a campground as part of its controversial land swap deal with the federal government.

Arizona Drought Talks Stumble Over Proposed Water Cuts to Indian Communities

By Elizabeth WhitmanOctober 26, 2018

“The sense that we can somehow be pressured into a possible agreement for a 721,800 acre-feet cut without compensation is absolutely insane,” said Don Pongrace, an attorney for the Gila River Indian Community.

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Judges Uphold Right to Mine Uranium Near Grand Canyon – With One Exception

Judges Uphold Right to Mine Uranium Near Grand Canyon – With One Exception

By Elizabeth WhitmanOctober 26, 2018

Environmental groups and the Havasupai Tribe have challenged the validity of a claim to mine around the Grand Canyon.

Environmental Group Promotes Fake ‘Clean Water Team’ for CAP Water Board

Environmental Group Promotes Fake ‘Clean Water Team’ for CAP Water Board

By Elizabeth WhitmanOctober 23, 2018

That’s one way to cut through the noise of election season.

Prop 127’s Dramatic Ramp-Up of Clean Energy Mandate Poses Challenge

Prop 127’s Dramatic Ramp-Up of Clean Energy Mandate Poses Challenge

By Joseph FlahertyOctober 18, 2018

Utilities like Tucson Electric Power will attempt to meet the requirements of the mandate. They might not succeed.

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Colorado River Drought Cuts in Arizona Would Be More Severe Than Expected

By Elizabeth WhitmanOctober 12, 2018

New numbers from the Central Arizona Project suggest that cities and tribal communities, in addition to farmers, would take a hit.

Arizona Conference Gave Industry ‘Unprecedented’ Access to Top EPA Officials

Arizona Conference Gave Industry ‘Unprecedented’ Access to Top EPA Officials

By Elizabeth WhitmanOctober 5, 2018

One of them even gave out his cellphone number.

Arizona Wants to Control Clean Water Act Permits, Despite Environmental Concerns

Arizona Wants to Control Clean Water Act Permits, Despite Environmental Concerns

By Elizabeth WhitmanOctober 3, 2018

Environmentalists contend that a state-run program will be financially unstable and fail to adequately protect water and wildlife.

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Phoenix-Area Men Charged With Killing Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf

Phoenix-Area Men Charged With Killing Endangered Mexican Gray Wolf

By Elizabeth WhitmanSeptember 27, 2018

“It’s a wolf, shoot it,” one of the men allegedly told the other.

If a Tree Is Felled in Phoenix, Will the City Council React?

If a Tree Is Felled in Phoenix, Will the City Council React?

By Elizabeth WhitmanSeptember 14, 2018

A blueprint to greenify Phoenix stagnated for 8 years. Now, a citizen-led effort is pushing City Council to make good on that plan.

Secretary of State’s Office: Clean Energy Initiative Has Enough Signatures for Ballot

Secretary of State’s Office: Clean Energy Initiative Has Enough Signatures for Ballot

By Joseph FlahertyAugust 15, 2018

So far, opponents have been unable to switch off the clean energy ballot measure.

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Attorneys Spar Over NextGen’s Role Backing Arizona Clean Energy Initiative

Attorneys Spar Over NextGen’s Role Backing Arizona Clean Energy Initiative

By Joseph FlahertyJuly 31, 2018

“If the NRA is coming to town, and they’re going to pass an initiative, NRA needs to be within the name of the organization.”

If You Want to Kill a Clean Energy Ballot Measure, Every Signature Counts

By Joseph FlahertyJuly 20, 2018

Opponents of Clean Energy for a Healthy Arizona file suit to protest signatures for ballot measure. “These guys are in fantasyland,” says clean energy proponent.

Watch: A Safeway Went Up in Flames in North Phoenix

Watch: A Safeway Went Up in Flames in North Phoenix

By Joseph FlahertyJuly 11, 2018

There have been no reported injuries from the fire at the grocery store on 35th Avenue.

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Let’s See How People Are Handling the First Major Monsoon of the Season

Let’s See How People Are Handling the First Major Monsoon of the Season

By Joseph FlahertyJuly 9, 2018

Watch as the first real monsoon of the 2018 summer season hit the Valley on Monday afternoon.

Complaints and Animal Deaths Rattled Now-Closed State Wildlife Center

Complaints and Animal Deaths Rattled Now-Closed State Wildlife Center

By Joseph FlahertyJuly 2, 2018

Former volunteers say that mistakes and bad practices plagued the wildlife center’s final years, with consequences for the animals.

Billboards Call Out Interior Secretary on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining

Billboards Call Out Interior Secretary on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining

By Joseph FlahertyJune 19, 2018

Arizona Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited skeptical that Trump’s Interior Department really has no plans to restart uranium mining near Grand Canyon.

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Fate of Nation’s Largest Nuclear Plant Is at the Heart of Clean-Energy Battle

By Joseph FlahertyJune 12, 2018

To hear APS tell it, an upcoming clean energy ballot measure would be doomsday for the Palo Verde nuclear plant.

Who’s Afraid of Tom Steyer? Billionaire Targeted in Arizona Energy Policy War

Who’s Afraid of Tom Steyer? Billionaire Targeted in Arizona Energy Policy War

By Joseph FlahertyMay 28, 2018

“Who knows who Reliable Energy Policy is?”

Rosie the Corpse Flower Is the Goth Icon We Don’t Deserve

Rosie the Corpse Flower Is the Goth Icon We Don’t Deserve

By Antonia Noori FarzanApril 24, 2018

WE LOVE YOU.

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Phoenix Could be Cooler With More Trees, But City Lets Leafier Shade Plans Wither

Phoenix Could be Cooler With More Trees, But City Lets Leafier Shade Plans Wither

By Joseph FlahertyApril 23, 2018

Trees can help a city cool down. But the city has let its plans for a leafy urban shade canopy wither, activists say.

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