Arizona

Tribe and Environmentalists to Sue Feds Over Arizona Mine’s Impacts to Threatened Owls

The BLM and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said no Mexican spotted owls lived near a proposed mine site in Arizona’s Sky Islands when it permitted mineral exploration. Photo evidence shows otherwise.

By Wyatt Myskow

As a Plastic Waste Plant Violates Pollution Rules, Its Owner Makes the Case for a Second Location

By James Bruggers

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

States Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Anti-Science’ Vaccine Policy

By Liza Gross

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

In Arizona, Utilities and State Regulators Double Down on Fossil Fuels and Higher Costs Despite Residents’ Opposition

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Comes to Agreement With Major Dairy Farm to Cut Groundwater Pumping That Is Draining Wells

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona’s AG Is Clear-Eyed About the State’s Energy Costs and Water Scarcity—but Can It Help Her Win Reelection?

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated Water Discharge

By Wyatt Myskow

Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up?

By Wyatt Myskow

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

Solar Growth Cushions Colorado River Hydropower Declines

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators

By Tina Deines

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

By Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder

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

By Wyatt Myskow

Behind the Scenes: Uncovering the Secret Lives of Cacti and Fungi in the Sonoran Desert

By Kiley Price

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

By Wyatt Myskow