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Turning Point shakes up Phoenix utility race
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (1322+ words) By Jason Plautz | 03/09/2026 06:55 AM EDT The far-right group is diving into a sleepy election with major power implications. Attendees sit and rest during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18 in Phoenix. Jon Cherry/AP A typically under-the-radar race for the…...
Lawmakers say water cuts threaten national security, food supply
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (177+ words) By Jennifer Yachnin | 03/04/2026 04:27 PM EST Arizona Democrats are urging the administration to redo its Colorado River Basin plan. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) helped lead a letter this week against the administration's plan for the Colorado River Basin. Francis Chung/POLITICO…...
Developers offer construction plans for overlapping Southeast pipelines
2+ week, 3+ day ago (154+ words) By Carlos Anchondo | 02/20/2026 06:27 AM EST New FERC filings show that two pipelines aim to start building along the same 30-mile stretch in March. Two developers plan to build about 30 miles of pipe along Williams Cos." Transco gas pipeline system. AP…...
Arizona ups the ante in Colorado River fight
1+ mon, 5+ day 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+ mon, 2+ week 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
2+ mon, 3+ day 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
2+ mon, 3+ 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
2+ mon, 4+ 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’
2+ mon, 4+ 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
3+ mon, 4+ day 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…...