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President Biden signed an Executive Order designating a new Grand Canyon National Monument. August 8, 2023

Biden creates new national monument near Grand Canyon

Aug 8, 2023 Tribes in Arizona have been pushing the president to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to create the new national monument.
A farm in Central Arizona.

Center for Biological Diversity and others call on Congress to take federal action against the climate-driven heat emergency

Aug 2, 2023 Organizations want to ban utility shut-offs amid extreme heat.
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality approved a permit to allow A.A. Sydcol to handle and store hazardous waste in Yuma County. The proposed space is shown here. The county also must approve a special use permit.

‘We’re not the place’: Yuma County residents fight hazardous waste permit

Jul 30, 2023 Many Yuma residents want to stop the county from approving the proposal, saying they’re worried about toxic chemicals potentially contaminating their air, land and water.

The extreme heat wave that blasted the Southwest is abating with late arriving monsoon rains

Jul 29, 2023 Forecasters expect that by Monday at the latest, people in metro Phoenix will begin seeing high temperatures under 110 degrees.
The Peralta Regional Park in Pinal County was funded by the Land and Water Conservation Fund and completed in February. Situated in the Superstition Mountains, the park has multi-use motorized trails, ramadas and campsites.

Arizona State Parks & Trails awarded over $6 million

Jul 27, 2023 The funding is available for outdoor recreation, conservation projects.
Hot weather shut-ins are susceptible to summer Seasonal Affective Disorder.

Historic heat wave can impact mental health

Jul 25, 2023 Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder grips shut-ins with symptoms including depression and insomnia.
Old Main on the campus of the University of Arizona.

New UA environmental justice center slated to receive $10 million from EPA, DOE

Jul 22, 2023 The technical assistance center looks to serve as an environmental justice hub.
The seal of Cochise County.

Ballot question to remove Douglas AMA is thrown out

Jul 20, 2023 Cochise County officials said a lawsuit brought by the EDF forced the decision.
Looking through the rusted-steel border wall into Mexico, at the San Pedro River bed.

DHS agrees to stop border wall construction, fund environmental remediation projects

Jul 18, 2023 A settlement agreement estimates $1.62 billion in funding and nearly $430 million returned to DOD projects.
Stacks of hay bales sit beside an irrigation canal in Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. Critics have called for reductions to the amount of alfalfa grown with Colorado River water. The particularly thirsty crop is mostly used for cattle feed.

Freeing up Colorado River water from California farms will take more than just money, just ask the farmers

Jul 18, 2023 The Imperial Valley is the largest Colorado River water user.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.

Navajo president presses Congress for more time, money, for water project

Jul 16, 2023 The project would deliver 37,767 acre-feet of water annually from the San Juan River basin through 300 miles of pipeline to 43 Navajo chapters, the city of Gallup, New Mexico, as well as the Teepee Junction area of the Jicarilla Apache Nation.
South 32 Hermosa Project in the Patagonia Mountains. The mine development project earned a FAST-41 federal designation which streamlines its permitting process.

Environmental groups seek court order to stop two exploratory mining projects

Jul 14, 2023 The groups filed a lawsuit against the USFS in June.
The first panel at The Buzz Live event on July 10, 2023 with guests (from left) Sonia Gasho, Ash Dahlke and Mark Apel and host Christopher Conover (right).

The Buzz Live! Water Conservation and AMAs in Cochise County

Jul 14, 2023 The area's agriculture industry copes with a possible future as a recall vote looms.
After two decades of drought, parts of Lake Mead that were once underwater have been exposed as the lake falls to historically low levels.

21st annual Water Resources Research Center brings in international collaborators

Jul 13, 2023 The conference focused on water solutions in a changing arid climate.
The seal of Cochise County.

Douglas AMA challengers get AMA back on the ballot

Jul 13, 2023 The existence of the Douglas AMA will go back to voters in 2023 General Election
President of the Patagonia Area Resource Alliance (PARA), Carolyn Shafer, stands in one of her favorite places along Harshaw Creek in Patagonia, Arizona. Shafer has lived in the community for about 26 years.

Permitting timetable published for Southern Arizona critical minerals mine

Jul 7, 2023 The South32 Hermosa project is located in the Patagonia Mountains

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