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Arizona ups the ante in Colorado River fight
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (177+ words) By Jennifer Yachnin, Annie Snider | 02/03/2026 01:51 PM EST If no deal materializes, state officials say they are prepared to test a never-used legal provision to seize water from Upper Basin states. Arizona officials have a blunt message to other states in…...
Blue states back lawsuit against Trump renewable policies
1+ week, 1+ day ago (177+ words) By Niina H. Farah | 01/26/2026 07:03 AM EST Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell listens during a news conference last year in Los Angeles. Damian Dovarganes/AP A coalition of 20 blue states is joining industry calls for a federal judge to block six Trump…...
Arizona AG escalates data center fight over power prices
4+ week, 9+ hour ago (222+ words) By Jason Plautz | 01/06/2026 06:51 AM EST Kris Mayes says state regulators erred in approving a data center power deal for a contentious project. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has argued that Arizona utilities are planning new projects and signing power contracts…...
FERC advances Southeast gas pipeline project
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (224+ words) By Carlos Anchondo | 12/19/2025 06:44 AM EST Regulators approved a request to shorten the length of the proposed MVP Southgate pipeline. A segment of the Mountain Valley pipeline is shown. The mainline Mountain Valley pipe would carry gas to the MVP Southgate…...
GOP mulls waiving regs to expedite Grand Canyon repairs
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (242+ words) By Scott Streater | 12/12/2025 06:36 AM EST A House Natural Resources subcommittee wants the Interior Department to quickly address damage from last summer's Dragon Bravo Fire. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.), the chair of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Federal Lands, trumpeted legislation…...
Interior gives Navy control over public land for ‘defense area’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (167+ words) By Heather Richards | 12/10/2025 04:16 PM EST The Trump administration has also transferred lands to the military in Arizona and New Mexico for border wall construction. U.S. Border Patrol agents in November 2018 stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating…...
National monuments key to protecting Western water, think tank warns
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (181+ words) By Finya Swai | 12/04/2025 01:27 PM EST The Center for American Progress says a Trump administration push to remove monument designations puts water supplies at risk for millions of Americans. The Trump administration's push to cancel national monuments could put drinking water…...
Grijalva’s first bill would block a mine her father battled
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (221+ words) By Hannah Northey | 12/04/2025 06:42 AM EST The legislation would protect land considered sacred by the Apache from becoming a massive copper mine. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) is sponsoring the "Save Oak Flat from Foreign Mining Act." Francis Chung/POLITICO Democratic Rep....
‘Hugely emotional’: Grijalva gets Natural Resources seat
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (156+ words) By Timothy Cama, Andres Picon | 11/19/2025 06:16 AM EST The Arizona Democrat has discussed tribal issues and mining as among her priorities. Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) walking with aides on Capitol Hill on Monday. Francis Chung/POLITICO Arizona Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva…...
EPA eyes air compliance break for smoggy Phoenix
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (172+ words) By Sean Reilly | 11/18/2025 01:22 PM EST If made final, the plan would forestall added pollution cleanup measures. Framed by saguaro cactuses, the downtown Phoenix skyline is seen on April 7, 2020. Ross D. Franklin/AP EPA is tentatively invoking a rarely used waiver to…...