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A ceremonial groundbreaking was recently held to kick off the latest phase to transform water delivery passageways into recreation trails in the Maryvale area of Phoenix.
Aug. 31, 2023
The Show spoke with Kathleen Ferris, a senior research fellow at the Kyl Center for Water Policy at Arizona State University, about Arizona's groundwater concerns.
Aug. 31, 2023
Amelia Flores, chairwoman of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, brought attention to critical issues that her tribal farmers face back at home on her community's reservation.
Aug. 30, 2023
Arizona congressman Ruben Gallego has introduced legislation to discourage foreign companies from pumping groundwater to raise crops that get shipped overseas.
Aug. 29, 2023
Alex Young with the National Weather Service in Phoenix says if rain skips central Phoenix this week, it will set an all-time dryness record. Rapper 50 Cent also cancelled his concert in Phoenix Tuesday due to heat.
Aug. 29, 2023
Grand Canyon National Park officials are warning that E. coli bacteria has been detected in the water supply near Phantom Ranch – the only lodging at the bottom of the canyon.
Aug. 28, 2023
The Show spoke with Arizona Republic editorial page editor Elvia Díaz about Arizona's usage of water, specifically from the Colorado River.
Aug. 28, 2023
Fewer than five wildfires are currently burning in the state, but there’s still concern about the potential for new ones to spark.
Aug. 25, 2023
Historic drought. Record heat. Severe water cutbacks. Life isn’t easy for Arizona farmers these days.
Some are trying to adapt by planting new crops and using new technology. Others say they’ll leave their land fallow and install solar panels or wind turbines on the fertile soil instead. The University of Arizona’s Agricultural Extension is helping them transition to the farms of the future.
Aug. 25, 2023
After a wet winter, drought conditions had significantly improved across Arizona. But now, our hot summer has started to reverse the trend.
Aug. 24, 2023
The hearing Thursday in Tucson covers a pair of mining projects slated for a stretch of U.S. Forest Service land in southern Arizona. A federal judge will hear their arguments for halting all mining activity while the a larger case proceeds.
Aug. 23, 2023
A headline in Foreign Policy magazine from earlier this month read, “No Water, No Workers, No Chips.” It was about the need for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and other firms to take climate into account when investing in particular locations. Danny Seiden felt the need to respond.
Aug. 22, 2023
Despite July’s record heat, Scottsdale says it cut water use by 7% compared to the same time last year.
Aug. 21, 2023
Sixteen water rescue specialists from the Phoenix Fire Department are being sent to Yuma. They will be staged there to prepare for flooding that may occur as a result of Tropical Storm Hilary.
Aug. 20, 2023
The federal government is slightly easing restrictions on Colorado River water after a wet winter helped boost reservoir levels. But Phoenix water managers say the city will remain under a stage one water alert.
Aug. 16, 2023
Eastern Utah’s Uinta Basin has more than 10,000 active oil and gas wells. Local environmentalists have dubbed it Mordor — a grim reference to “The Lord of the Rings.” The sparsely populated area has air quality as poor as Beijing.
Aug. 16, 2023
The Bureau of Reclamation has released its annual operating conditions report for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, which offered a mixed assessment of the Colorado River.
Aug. 15, 2023
Plentiful snow and rain last winter helped to pull many of the states in the region out of drought and raised levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. However, challenges of overuse remain. Lake Powell is still only about 39% full, and Lake Mead is at about 33%.
Aug. 15, 2023
Reports of Saudi-owned companies operating farms in western Arizona and pumping groundwater to grow alfalfa, which is then exported out of the country have led some state officials to start investigating. But a new investigation finds in at least one instance, it was the state of Arizona itself that helped finance this kind of operation, in the form of the Arizona State Retirement System.
Aug. 15, 2023
In 2018, six cities and two tribes started an initiative to revitalize roughly 58 miles alongside the Rio Salado. One key position for getting that initiative off the ground has now been filled.
Aug. 11, 2023
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