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.
Democrats, GOP hold competing hearings on endangered species bills
WASHINGTON - House Democrats and Republicans held competing hearings on proposals to amend the Endangered Species Act on Tuesday, where each side took up their own bills just days before the Trump administration rolls out changes to the decades-old act.
‘We have to live with it’: Students demand climate action today to ensure a greener tomorrow
PHOENIX – With the U.N. climate summit Monday, thousands of people around the world took part in a global climate strike. And students played a major role.
Vaquita marina sightings give conservationists hope for the critically endangered porpoise
HERMOSILLO, Sonora, Mexico – Late last month, scientists spotted six vaquita marinas – the world’s smallest porpoise, found only in the Sea of Cortez – their first sightings this year.
