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The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators

Environmentalists worry about pollinating species in the pivotal desert borderland as more tall barriers are planned by the U.S. government to curb migration and trafficking.

By Tina Deines

A sphinx moth flies near the gates of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Bernardino, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2022. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
Local beef rancher Ashlyn Bloom speaks against the aluminum recycling plant proposed by Aluminum Dynamics, Inc. at a Sept. 8 Benson City Council meeting. Credit: Courtesy of Ashlyn Bloom

Arizona Rural Grassroots Organizers Take on Industrial Developers, Aided by Urban Allies

By Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder

The Colorado River flows up to Glen Canyon Dam as Lake Powell sits at a third of its capacity on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes listens to residents from Cochise County talk about their concerns regarding groundwater. Credit: Courtesy of the Arizona Attorney General’s Office

Q&A: Arizona’s AG Takes on Utilities, Big Water Users and the Trump Administration

By Wyatt Myskow

A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them

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The Dark Star Mine Pit of the proposed South Railroad Mine, if approved and built, would be dug into this area. Credit: Great Basin Resource Watch

One of the First to Benefit From Trump’s Cuts to Environmental Review: a Nevada Gold Mine

By Wyatt Myskow

Water levels sit low in Lake Powell near Bullfrog, Utah, on Sept. 15. Negotiations to manage the shrinking reservoir and the rest of the Colorado River system may be more difficult without federal leadership. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Nominee for Top Federal Water Role Withdraws Amid Pushback from Some Colorado River States

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A Gila monster is seen near Redrock, N.M. Credit: Anthony Pawlicki

Monsters in Trouble

By Tina Deines

Boaters cruise across Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately

By Wyatt Myskow

Sandy Bahr (center), the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon chapter director, speaks during a protest on Thursday over Arizona Power Service’s recent decision to walk back its clean energy goals. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments

By Wyatt Myskow

A field camera captures an endangered jaguar roaming in southern Arizona on Aug. 6. Credit: Courtesy of the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center

Activists Decry New Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife

By Anita Snow, National Catholic Reporter

In El Paso, the Rio Grande, with concertina wire and law enforcement along the U.S. side of the border. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Settlement Signed in Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande Case

By Martha Pskowski

The Colorado River flows near Parker, Ariz. The Colorado River Indian Tribes want to give the river the same legal rights as a person, taking millennia of cultural values and putting them into law. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person

By Alex Hager, KUNC

The Central Arizona Project has over 300 miles of canals that deliver Colorado River water to Phoenix and other areas. Credit: Jake Bolster/Inside Climate News

Amid Tense Negotiations Over the Colorado River’s Future, Arizona Mayors Unite Against ‘Threat’ to State’s Water

By Wyatt Myskow

Resolution Copper’s proposed mine near the site of Oak Flat in Arizona will eventually create a giant sinkhole on land sacred to the Western Apache people. Credit: Elias Butler

Court Temporarily Halts Land Transfer That Would Allow a Mine to Destroy Western Apache Sacred Land

By Wyatt Myskow

A vendor sells bottled water while shading himself with an umbrella at the exit of the Paso del Norte International Bridge during triple-digit temperatures in El Paso on Aug. 7.

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

John Nordstrom stands before a rock dam he built on his property in Patagonia, Ariz., on July 9. Rock dams slows the speed of water, allowing it to better recharge the aquifer underground. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

As a Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Arizona, Residents Fear It’s Already Affecting Area Water

By Wyatt Myskow

Outside the town of Mammoth, Ariz., is the site of a mesquite forest owned by the mining company Resolution Copper. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Copper Mines Close in on Western Apache Sacred Site, and the Forest Protected to Mitigate The Damage

By Wyatt Myskow

The Dragon Bravo Fire burns through the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park on July 11. Credit: Grand Canyon National Park via Getty Images

Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation

By Nicholas Kusnetz

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