Arizona Sustainability News
The race on separate renewable energy plans is turning a critical curb. One puts the power in voters' hands, and the other in the state corporation commissioners'.
June 27, 2018
Thanks to Hurricane Bud, Arizona got some much-needed precipitation earlier this month, though it wasn’t much. But now, we’re officially in monsoon season, and though we’ve been promised rain, when it comes, will it make a dent in Arizona’s drought?
June 26, 2018
A ballot measure is set to be filed next week that would give Arizona voters the chance to decide how much they want to increase the state's renewable energy usage.
June 26, 2018
The mention of one plausible future scenario along the Colorado River is enough to make water managers in the West break into a sweat.
June 26, 2018
The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area is getting a new chief. Charles Flynn is stepping down after 19 years as executive director.
June 25, 2018
Increasingly, some golf courses are pushing to stop using drinking water to keep their greens vibrant. Instead, they are using effluent or recycled water. That’s especially true in parts of northern Arizona.
June 25, 2018
Conditions are expected to stay dry with no rain in sight.
June 25, 2018
The Burton Barr Central Library held its annual celebration of the summer solstice Thursday, welcoming spectators to see unique features of the top floor revealed by the sun only once a year.
June 22, 2018
The Town of Quartzsite in far western Arizona is asking the state Legislature for help with its effort to lease out its Colorado River allocation.
June 20, 2018
Comprehensive water policy seemed to be on the table for state lawmakers when they started their 2018 session in January. But by the time the session ended last month, that issue had been drowned out by several others.
June 20, 2018
Arizona is trying to get drought talks going again — and much of the West is watching. A renewed effort to achieve an agreement comes after a year of anxiety and gridlock over the future of the Colorado River.
June 20, 2018
National Park officials have asked people at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon to limit their water usage as crews work to fix a pump that supplies the water.
June 18, 2018
Reservoirs that store water along the Colorado River are projected to be less than half full later this year, potentially marking a historic low mark for the river system that supplies water to seven U.S. states and Mexico.
June 18, 2018
Wyoming’s Game and Fish Commission has decided the time is right to allow grizzly hunting. This fall, it will be legal for the bears to be shot for sport on public and private lands just beyond Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.
June 15, 2018
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission unanimously voted to ban the use of live-action trail cameras. Trail cameras are often used by hunters to track deer and other animals. The commission's vote bans cameras that send photos, video or satellite imagery in real-time to a computer or cellphone.
June 15, 2018
The national Census of Agriculture is wrapping up data collection that will impact funding decisions for the next five years.
June 12, 2018
USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey sat with producers to hear comments about how America’s domestic farming programs could be improved.
June 12, 2018
Arizona and the Valley are on the cusp of significant decisions and changes related to water usage. A drought contingency plan is on the horizon as is a Colorado River shortage declaration.
June 12, 2018
On Friday, the EPA approved Arizona’s 10 year maintenance plan for Douglas to keep the level of sulfur dioxide, a toxic gas, low. The levels in the Southern Arizona city were deemed unsafe in 1978
June 11, 2018
The agency that runs the Central Arizona Project will walk away from its proposed purchase of farmland in Mohave County. It would have led to the CAP transferring some of the land’s water into central Arizona to replenish groundwater aquifers.
June 8, 2018
