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An electric transmission line.

US court rejects a request by tribes to block $10B SunZia energy transmission project in Arizona

Apr 16, 2024 The project — approved in 2015 following a lengthy review — has been touted as the biggest U.S. electricity infrastructure undertaking since the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s.
A picnic area has been closed during an eradication effort at this site in Pima County.

The Buzz: Invasive plants and wildfire danger

Apr 12, 2024 Arizona's increasing risk of wildfire and encroaching invasive plants are putting native plants in peril.
Amistades staff working in a community garden in Douglas, Ariz.

By Latinos, for Latinos, Amistades Receives $500,000 grant from EPA for climate justice initiative

Apr 11, 2024 Justicia Juntos or Justice Together, looks to raise awareness and provide education on climate resilience.
A view from the Atascosa Borderlands in the Coronado National Forest.

Coronado National Forest launches Cochran Fellowship Program

Apr 9, 2024 Cross-border collaborative training in southeastern Arizona
President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, left, as Intel factory manager Hugh Green listens, during a tour of the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Ariz., Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

Arizona’s Clean Tech Boom: $90 billion invested, ‘thousands of jobs created'

Apr 8, 2024 Driving innovation and employment growth in the fight against climate change
Gabrielle Cardenas, Brian Eller, and Bishop Edward Weisenburger sit on a panel discussion moderated by Ellen Fisher, on Monday, March 18, at the St. Thomas More Newman Center in Tucson, Ariz. Fisher (left) is the assistant director of the Catholic University of America in Tucson.

Bishop Weisenburger and Catholic leaders champion environmental justice in panel discussion

Mar 23, 2024 Uniting faith and environmental stewardship to address the moral imperative of climate change.
One of the pits at the Morenci Mine in eastern Arizona, which has one one of the largest copper reserves in the United States.

Federal government allocates $475 million for clean energy projects on mine lands nationwide

Mar 21, 2024 The Morenci and Safford copper mines will recieve some of the funding.

SunZia Transmission Project sparks legal dispute over sacred sites preservation

Mar 14, 2024 The Tohono O’odham Nation and San Carlos Apache Tribe seek to halt construction, citing threats to cultural heritage.
Water enters an irrigation canal on the Gila River Indian Reservation on May 7, 2021. The Gila River Indian Community is among the most important tribal players in ongoing negotiations about using water from the Colorado River.

Gila River Indian Community says it doesn't support latest Colorado River sharing proposals

Mar 14, 2024 The tribe is among the most prominent of the 30 federally-recognized tribes that use the Colorado River.

Arizona's most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year

Mar 14, 2024 The report said two-thirds of the county's heat-related deaths in 2023 were people 50 years or older.
Sonoran Desert National Monument.

Balancing Act: The proposed Public Lands Rule aims to transform Bureau of Land Management’s stewardship

Mar 11, 2024 The new rule seeks to redefine priorities and practices at the nation’s largest land manager
Bands of discolored rock show that Lake Powell's water levels are lower than they have been for much of its past.

Bureau of Reclamation announces new water conservation agreements

Mar 6, 2024 Looks to conserve 3 million-acre-feet of Colorado River water through 2026
A boat ramp, once partially submerged under Lake Powell, sticks out of the water on April 10, 2023. The nation's second-largest reservoir, which is filled by the Colorado River, has reached record low levels in recent years. Policymakers are stuck in a standoff about how to reduce demand on the reservoir and river.

Colorado River states to submit competing proposals ahead of deadline for draft of new rules

Mar 5, 2024 The states haven't agreed on a plan.
White House Senior Advisor Tom Perez at a news conference with Tucson Mayor Regina Romero. February 20, 2024

The Buzz: What happens when Washington comes to town?

Feb 23, 2024 The Buzz rides along as a federal advisor goes on a tour with city officials.
The entrance to Saguaro National Park east.

Arizona secures $10.3 million investment for ecosystem restoration

Feb 22, 2024 The federal investment strengthens conservation efforts and combats invasive threats
Smoke from wildfires in Flagstaff billows over the San Francisco mountains. June 13, 2022

Arizona Board of Regents, Arizona State University receives $1.9 million for wildfire smoke preparedness

Feb 6, 2024 EPA hopes to award over $10 million to nine recipients under new grant program

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