Arizona’s groundwater replenishment program facing an uncertain future
PHOENIX – A new report by Arizona State University reveals concerns over how a key water management tool could work for ensuring there’s water for future development.
Climate whiplash: Four Corners residents and ranchers adapting to weather extremes
MANCOS, Colorado – Too hot and dry one season, too wet the next. That’s the predicament ranchers in the Four Corners area are facing, and they’re searching for ways to adapt.
Frank Lloyd Wright house, once listed for $2.6 million, sold at auction
PHOENIX – The Norman Lykes House, which is the last property Frank Lloyd Wright designed, was sold at auction for $1.7 million. Some of the most unique parts of the home are also the most sustainable.
Safe passage sought for wildlife trying to cross busy highway in northern Mexico
ĺMURIS, Sonora – Researchers with the Wildlands Network are looking for ways to assist animals trying to cross Highway 2, which bisects a crucial wildlife corridor in northern Sonora, Mexico.
Before the flood: System to predict rising water is tested in Phoenix and Flagstaff
APACHE JUNCTION — New technology is using image processing to increase public safety when water rises.
Endangered porpoise protections falling short, conservationists and fishermen complain
PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora – Fishermen and conservationists say Mexico’s “zero tolerance” efforts on poachers in the Sea of Cortez aren’t enough to protect the vaquita marina, and shrimp fishermen have vowed to ignore a recent ban on using nets.
Climate change will continue to scorch the Southwest, data predict
PHOENIX – Data compiled from Climate Central shows the effects climate change has on major cities and national parks in Arizona.
Mushroom crop in southern Arizona forests capped by dry monsoon season
TUCSON – Mushrooms are a rare delicacy, but after less rain this summer due to a dry monsoon season, they've been harder to find in southern Arizona.
‘Asthma Alley’: Long Beach ranks worst in U.S. for air quality
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Out of the 100 largest cities in the country, Long Beach, California, ranked last in air quality.
Utah rolls back hydroelectric power plans for Lake Powell pipeline
SALT LAKE CITY – The proposed 140-mile pipeline would have pumped water from Lake Powell into southeastern Utah to St. George. Utah officials are scaling the plan back because of environmental concerns.
‘Don’t demolish – deconstruct’: Companies give new life to discarded building materials
MESA – The sustainable benefits of the reuse and restoration of building supplies is made possible through companies like Stardust Building Supplies, Harvest Eco-Salvage and the Freecycle Network.
‘Many lives at risk’: What pollution rollbacks could mean for California and Arizona
LOS ANGELES – The Trump Admin rolls back the Clean Air Act that has helped reduce smog and keep clean air in the West Coast.
