Arizona Sustainability News
Even with one wet monsoon season, the extended drought affecting Arizona and the rest of the Southwest continues. That means the need to be more efficient with water use is becoming even more important.
Even with one wet monsoon season, the extended drought affecting Arizona and the rest of the Southwest continues. That means the need to be more efficient with water use is becoming even more important.
Oct. 11, 2021
#AZNumbers is a weekly segment featuring thoughts and insight into Arizona's economic news.
This week’s number: 5.
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Oct. 8, 2021
Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly chaired a hearing on drought in the West Wednesday. Kelly told colleagues his state is on the front lines of a megadrought.
Oct. 6, 2021
An environmental consultant has issued a report on the potential water usage of a proposed copper mine in the Oak Flat area of Tonto National Forest.
Oct. 6, 2021
But existing lithium concessions would be respected, officials said. The company behind a massive project in Sonora said it did not think the operation would be impacted.
Oct. 4, 2021
Urban landscapes intensify the effects of dangerously hot and humid days. But scientists only broadly understand the interplay between escalating urban population growth and extreme heat exposure. A new study in the journal PNAS helps address that gap, and the news isn't good.
Oct. 4, 2021
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on Monday announced a new $100 million loan guarantee program supplied by USDA funds that may help some drought-stricken Arizona ranchers and farmers.
Oct. 4, 2021
You may have seen an image floating around social media in the last few months — it shows the towering border wall covered in rings of barbed wire on one side. And facing it on the other, seemingly staring up at it, perplexed, is a single roadrunner.
Oct. 4, 2021
The Arizona desert could be the home of a new, proposed sustainable city. Billionaire Marc Lore wants to build his city, called Telosa, which he envisions as upwards of 150,000 acres, using environmentally-friendly architecture and a “water system that is resistant to drought.”
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Oct. 1, 2021
On Monday, NASA successfully launched its Landsat 9 satellite. The spacecraft was built, tested and fitted with instruments by Northrop Grumman’s Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Gilbert.
Sep. 29, 2021
New projections show that Lake Mead and Lake Powell could reach “critically low reservoir elevations” sooner than expected, spurring experts to say that “bold actions” will be needed to change course.
Sep. 29, 2021
Deep in the Cameron Peak burn scar, nestled among charred hills, there’s an oasis of green. Apart from a few scorched branches on the periphery, it’s hard to tell that this particular spot was in the middle of Colorado's largest-ever wildfire just a year ago. This wetland was spared thanks to the work of beavers.
Sep. 28, 2021
The Bureau of Land Management has approved a right-of-way request for an array of solar panels near Buckeye.
Sep. 24, 2021
Climate change impacts us all now, but for those living on Native American reservations, the environmental impacts are often more extreme.
Now, the University of Arizona is starting a new center aimed at helping them address those challenges.
Sep. 23, 2021
Salt River Project says it will build a new solar plant northwest of Flagstaff. SRP has committed to significantly reduce its carbon footprint in a matter of decades.
Sep. 22, 2021
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Environmental groups are accusing the federal government and the army of lying about how the operation of Fort Huachuca in southern Arizona is affecting the San Pedro River. They have asked a federal judge to take a second look.
Sep. 22, 2021
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters will return to Washington, D.C. The Show spoke with reporter Bente Birkeland to learn about the general reaction to this move in Colorado and among Colorado’s elected officials.
Sep. 22, 2021
Sen. Mark Kelly was in Tempe on Friday to discuss the Rio Reimagined project with local leaders. The senator is optimistic the project can figure into the Valley’s plans for water management.
Sep. 17, 2021
The warming climate will soon begin squeezing workers' pocketbooks as intense heat begins limiting when and how long they can work outside.
Sep. 17, 2021
Wildfires are on the rise and expected to increase further due to climate change. But the overall climate effects of clouds caused by wildfires remains hazy. A new study that further muddies the waters.
Sep. 15, 2021
