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Hope for a Desert Delinquent What Phoenix, the poster child for environmental ills, is doing right	Lisa Selin Davis	13 May 2008	Grist Feature

Topics: Arizona, climate, green building, placemaking, Smartish Cities, special series, urban planning (all these topics)

Unexcused absences Arizona Republic calls out senator for not supporting solar	Adam Browning	23 Apr 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, energy, John McCain, politics, solar voltaic power, state politics (all these topics)

Deep Impact Uranium mine near Grand Canyon blocked		07 Apr 2008	News
Posted at 3:17 PM on 07 Apr 2008 A judge has blocked a British mining company's plan to build an exploratory uranium mine near the Grand Canyon. U.S. District Judge Mary Murguia agreed with litigious environmental groups that considering the location of the proposed mine and the risks associated with uranium mining, VANE Minerals Group should be required to conduct further environmental reviews before moving forward. sources: Associated Press, ...
Topics: Arizona, energy, mining, news, public lands (all these topics)

Water, water everywhere, but ... World Water Day, Grand Canyon film highlight water crisis	Sarah van Schagen	21 Mar 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, green living, movies, national parks, water crisis (all these topics)

Alternate futures Two huge power plants offer different paths forward	David Roberts	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, carbon sequestration, coal, energy, renewable energy, solar voltaic power, Texas (all these topics)

Solutions When 'hand wringing' isn't enough	Adam Browning	13 Feb 2008	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, climate, energy, renewable energy (all these topics)

Dead Mead Lake Mead could run out of water by 2021, says study		12 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 5:45 PM on 12 Feb 2008 There's a 50-50 chance that the Arizona- and Nevada-bordering, human-made Lake Mead will become Dry Ditch Mead by 2021, according to a study to be published in the journal Water Resources Research. Oh, and that's a conservative estimate, say the study authors, as is this one: By 2017, there's an equally good chance that water levels in the reservoir could drop so low that the Hoover Dam would be inca ...
Topics: Arizona, California, climate, climate change impacts, Nevada, news, scientific research, water crisis (all these topics)

Curb Uranium Enthusiasm Exploratory uranium mine near Grand Canyon given go-ahead		07 Feb 2008	News
Posted at 7:22 AM on 07 Feb 2008 The U.S. Forest Service has granted a permit to a British mining company to drill exploratory uranium mines just miles from Grand Canyon National Park in northern Arizona and just three miles from a popular lookout. Officials in the county voted unanimously to try to stop the exploration, but their opposition has had little effect since the mine is on national forest land. An antiq ...
Topics: Arizona, mining, news, public lands, United States (all these topics)

The success of solar depends on storage Storage helps the sun keep shining even on cloudy days	Kristina & Jason Makansi	22 Dec 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, solar voltaic power, electricity grid, energy (all these topics)

Report Barred Judge delays work on border fence per insufficient environmental report		11 Oct 2007	News
Posted at 1:40 PM on 11 Oct 2007 The Bush administration tried to "ram" through an insufficient environmental report and must temporarily cease work on a 1.5-mile-long section of fence on the Arizona-Mexico border, a federal judge ruled yesterday. Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle agreed with the Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club that federal agencies' three-week-long environmental assessment seemed ...
Topics: Arizona, litigation, Mexico, national security, news, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact		23 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
All Pact and Ready to Go Six Western states, two Canadian provinces agree to regional climate pact Yesterday, the leaders of six Western states and two Canadian provinces agreed to their own regional climate pact, aiming to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020. The Western Climate Initiative ...
Topics: Arizona, British Columbia, California, Canada, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, Utah, Washington (all these topics)

On the non-inevitability of solar Regulatory infrastructure will be crucial	Adam Browning	23 May 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Fire on the mountain Sky Islands getting crispier	Erik Hoffner	29 Mar 2007	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, climate, climate change impacts (all these topics)

If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership		27 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
If At First You Don't Secede Five western states form regional climate-change partnership Citing a federal leadership void, the governors of five western U.S. states have formed a regional partnership to cut greenhouse gases and fight climate change. The Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, which inc ...
Topics: Arizona, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, climate, climate change mitigation, New Mexico, news, Oregon, politics, state politics, Washington (all these topics)

Video podcasts on climate change From the U. of Arizona	Andrew Dessler	27 Dec 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, climate, climate science, education (all these topics)

The Best Damn Solar Show, Period U.S. renewable advocates say their power is bigger and better		01 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
The Best Damn Solar Show, Period U.S. renewable advocates say their power is bigger and better If America has to resort to renewables, we're gonna do it in butt-kickin' style. Yesterday, Arizona approved rules that would require a 15 percent renewable-energy mix by 2025, pending certification from its attorney general. "Move over California," said utility commissioner Kris Mayes. &qu ...
Topics: Arizona, energy, news, renewable energy, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Blue skies Why not more solar power in Tucson?	biodiversivist	24 Oct 2006	Gristmill

Topics: Arizona, renewable energy, green living, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Give and Takings Property-rights initiatives threaten environmental protections in four Western states	Dan Whipple	16 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Field of dreams or field of nightmares? It depends who you ask. Photos: iStockphoto When you hear the phrase "a perfect storm," it's likely to conjure images of roiling whitecaps, perhaps a daring Coast Guard rescuer dangling from a helicopter to pull half-drowned sailors from their foundering vessels. Chances are the last thing it will bring to mind is land ...
Topics: Arizona, California, Idaho, placemaking, Washington (all these topics)

Mister Sandman, Bring Me a Stream Glen Canyon Dam releases flood waters in massive experiment		23 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Mister Sandman, Bring Me a Stream Glen Canyon Dam releases flood waters in massive experiment An extraordinary experiment got underway this past weekend, as four large valves at the base of Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona were cranked open to release up to 41,000 cubic feet of water a second. Scientists hope that the water will push sand, silt, and sediment downstream to rebuild beaches and sandbars along ...
Topics: Arizona, dams, energy, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

The Powell and the Glory Lake Powell is drying up; Glen Canyon is coming back		05 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
The Powell and the Glory Lake Powell is drying up; Glen Canyon is coming back Lake Powell is dropping by a foot every four days, thanks to ongoing drought in the West -- and many enviros couldn't be happier about it. Veteran conservation leader David Brower called the completion of Glen Canyon dam in 1963, and the subsequent drowning of the canyon and its many side canyons to create Lake Powell, the greatest disappoin ...
Topics: Arizona, dams, energy, lakes, Utah (all these topics)

To Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Energy Execs Pay to Create Environmental 'To-Do' List with GOP Reps		08 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
To Do Do Do, De Da Da Da Energy Execs Pay to Create Environmental "To-Do" List with GOP Reps Business execs from power, coal, and mining companies are powwowing with more than a dozen GOP lawmakers from Western states this week in Phoenix, Ariz., at a conference focused on energy and environmental issues that boasts, among other activities, a session during which attendees can draw up a " ...
Topics: Arizona, business, political groups, politics, West (all these topics)

The West Swing Bush Visiting Western States to Push His Environmental Agenda		12 Aug 2003	Daily Grist
The West Swing Bush Visiting Western States to Push His Environmental Agenda During the next three weeks, President Bush will be making pit stops in a number of Western states both to tout his environmental agenda and to raise big bucks for his reelection campaign. Even though Bush's advisors consider the environment to be a "second-tier issue," they recognize that it's a ...
Topics: Arizona, deforestation, elections, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

For Never Wild		09 May 2003	Daily Grist
For Never Wild A coalition of environmentalists has sued the U.S. Department of the Interior over its recent decision to prevent the Bureau of Land Management from considering any more Western land for wilderness designation. Areas set aside for protection under the 1964 Wilderness Act are protected from motorized recreation and most forms of development. In 1996, however, the state of Utah challenged t ...
Topics: Arizona, United States, Utah, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Lettuce Study This More		28 Apr 2003	Daily Grist
Lettuce Study This More A toxic chemical used in rocket fuel was found in four of 22 winter lettuce samples purchased at Northern California grocery stores, according to a report by the Environmental Working Group. The lettuce contaminated with perchlorate, a hormone disrupter, was traced to farms in Southern California and Arizona tha ...
Topics: Arizona, Barbara Boxer, California, Colorado River, Environmental Working Group, Harry Reid, toxics, water pollution (all these topics)

Oakless Creek Canyon		19 Feb 2003	Daily Grist
Oakless Creek Canyon Flagstaff, Ariz., is shaping up to be the testing grounds for the Bush administration's Healthy Forests initiative, a highly controversial effort to ease environmental reviews of logging projects on many Western public lands and ban reviews entirely in areas where forest fires could threaten human developments. Some 2,000 suburban Flagstaff homes are located just seven ...
Topics: Arizona, logging, politics, US Forest Service, West, wilderness (all these topics)

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