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The effects of extreme heat on physical illness and death are well-known. But most studies of its mental health effects are far more limited and regional. New research takes a wider view.
Feb. 28, 2022
Legislative advocates for solar power in Arizona are looking to the federal government for funding, in the form of a $500 million solar energy investment bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last year.
Feb. 26, 2022
Many have felt the urge to leave the trappings of modernity behind, to make a go of it off the grid, far from the rush of urban living, and in greater harmony with nature. Far fewer actually try, and fewer still find some degree of success. It hasn’t always been easy, but one family has found some measure of success in the remote, beautiful Rio Sonora Valley in northern Mexico.
Feb. 24, 2022
The global tally of extreme wildfires will increase by 50% by century’s end, and governments are not ready. So says the latest U.N. report released prior to the Environment Assembly’s 5th session next week.
Feb. 23, 2022
Hundreds of thousands of bears exist in North America, and that can lead to uncomfortable, harrowing, exciting encounters between them and humans. And the effects of drought and climate change, along with more people moving into more rural wilderness areas, can lead to an increase in the number of those encounters.
Feb. 23, 2022
Arizona will be getting a little more than $11 million this year to pay for new electric vehicle charging stations.
Feb. 23, 2022
A new survey conducted by Colorado College has found strong support in the Rocky Mountain region for conservation efforts. Three-fourths of voters would support conserving 30% of America’s lands within the next decade.
Feb. 22, 2022
Predatory birds experience lead poisoning globally, but data only reflect regional exposures and population impacts. A new 10-year study of bald and golden eagles expands that scale — and reveals alarming patterns.
Feb. 17, 2022
This week, the governor of neighboring Sonora, Mexico, said a major solar plant will be built on land donated by a wealthy businessman who has been linked to a recent controversy involving the president’s son.
Feb. 16, 2022
The United States filed the first environmental complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, calling for a consultation with Mexico over protections for a critically endangered porpoise in the Upper Gulf of California.
Feb. 14, 2022
A team of ASU researchers with the College of Global Futures has taken an in-depth look at how Arizona might cut fossil fuel emissions to zero.
Feb. 8, 2022
Phoenix expects to have a single coordinated heat response plan fully operational by May 1. The citywide plan will focus heavily on several blocks around the Human Services Campus between downtown and the state Capitol complex. It’s where hundreds of people are living in tents.
Feb. 7, 2022
A non-native insect is threatening aspen trees in northern Arizona. The insect is called an oystershell scale, and it’s about the size of a grain of rice.
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Feb. 6, 2022
Ignacio Mesa operates a small winery off State Route 260 in Camp Verde where he planted his first vines in 2002. Climate change is making it hard to consistently produce good wine year after year, Mesa said, and he’s not alone.
Feb. 3, 2022
In his State of the State address last month, Gov. Doug Ducey brought up some of the water issues facing the state and mentioned a much-talked-about potential solution: desalination.
Feb. 1, 2022
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After changing rising prices on electricity for homes with solar panels, the court found SRP used pricing structures to deter customers from buying solar panels.
Feb. 1, 2022
In neighboring Sonora, there is a major push to increase solar energy capacity. And in the capital, Hermosillo, city leaders are piloting a new program to put solar panels on private homes
Jan. 31, 2022
Last spring, Phoenix and Tucson residents saw something unusual on saguaros — the majestic cactus suddenly sprouted side blooms. Photographers loved it, but it worried scientists, who believed the flowers were a response to intense drought.
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Jan. 26, 2022
The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority recently announced that it will build a 200-megawatt solar plant near Cameron.
Jan. 25, 2022
The Colorado River is in dire straits. It provides water to millions of us here in the arid Southwest, and ongoing drought driven by climate change is threatening its future. But one Arizona tribe is in a unique position: It has water to spare.
Jan. 25, 2022
