Stories tagged: "environment"


FILE- In this March 26, 2009, file photo Cattail marsh gives way to open water that attracts waterfowl to central New Mexico's Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. (AP Photos/Sue Major Holmes, File)
Native American tribes fight US over a proposed $10B renewable energy transmission line

Work on the $10 billion SunZia project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in southwestern Arizona, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about its effects.

City of Chandler Will Pay up to $3,000 to Replace Your Grass Lawn
City of Chandler Will Pay up to $3,000 to Replace Your Grass Lawn

In an effort to conserve water, Chandler City Council unanimously approved a measure Friday to increase a rebate for single-family homes to remove the grass from their yards.

A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future. (Photo via Shutterstock)
Here’s What Rural Leaders Say Their Communities Need

A new report outlines rural policy recommendations focused on four major tenets: protecting people’s freedom to live and work safely; investing in infrastructure; reining in corporate greed and protecting workers, small businesses, and family farmers; and creating opportunities for a better future.

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VIDEO: Phoenix Plans to Recycle Wastewater for Drinking

The Central Arizona Project is investing $6 million dollars to build purification facilities, and the Biden Administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes roughly $310 million for water recycling development nationwide.

Purified recycled water fills a flask after a demonstration in Carson, California, in May 2022. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California hopes to finish a multibillion-dollar expansion of the facility, a project that has drawn financial support from water agencies in Nevada and Arizona. (Photo by Alex Hager/KUNC)
Water-Short Cities Want to Use Every Last Drop—Even if It Used to Be Sewage

Cities with finite water supplies are finding creative new ways to stretch out the water they already have. For some, that means cleaning up sewage and putting it right back in the pipes that flow to homes and businesses.

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VIDEO: Saudi Farm Gets a Pass in Republican Proposal to Limit Foreign Land Leases

Sens. Wendy Rogers and Anthony Kern introduced bills this year they said would address a land lease the state made with a Saudia Arabian-based company that grants them unlimited access to groundwater in La Paz County.

PEORIA, ARIZONA - JUNE 08: The Central Arizona Project canal runs past homes in the Phoenix suburbs on June 8, 2023 in Peoria, Arizona. The project carries diverted Colorado River water through a 336-mile long system to help serve 80 percent of the population of Arizona. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs announced last week that that there is a shortage of groundwater for new housing construction which has been previously approved in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Arizona will no longer be able to give developers new permits for home construction in some outlying desert suburbs of Maricopa County which rely on groundwater wells. The cities of Phoenix and Peoria rely mostly on river water and reclaimed water and will not be directly affected by the decision. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
VIDEO: Solar Panels Will Soon Line Arizona’s Canals

The Gila River Indian Community is getting funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to install solar panels on their canals, and research is being done by SRP and ASU to bring solar panels to canals all over Arizona.