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Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away.
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Groundwater is drying out, heating up, and causing sea level rise
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (250+ words) The Verde River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in Arizona, winding through what's known as the Verde Valley before feeding into the Salt River. Agriculturally, the valley is relatively fertile, supporting crops like sweet corn, alfalfa, peaches, and…...
A deadline looms for a new Colorado River plan. What happens if there isn’t one?
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1224+ words) The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing its shrinking supplies. After more than a year of deadlock, there are rumblings…...
The transfer of a sacred site to a copper mine is delayed once again
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (384+ words) The motions for the delay came from the San Carlos Apache Tribe and a coalition of organizations such as the Center for Biological Diversity, a local Sierra Club Chapter, and Arizona's Inter-Tribal Association. The struggle over Oak Flat's future has…...
New study shows huge groundwater losses along Colorado River
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (455+ words) The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA satellites to map the rapidly depleting resource. The region,…...
The Trump administration's push to privatize US public lands
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (1603+ words) In its first 100 days, Trump 2.0 has waged war on the lands, waters, and wildlife we all own. America's federal public lands are truly unique, part of our birthright as citizens. No other country in the world has such a system....
Public lands, private profits: Inside the Trump plan to offload federal land
10+ mon, 3+ hour ago (1126+ words) Critics warn that the Trump administration's plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else. The Trump administration is poised to begin offloading public land, achieving a long-held conservative goal of reducing the government's…...