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Tucson set to require new commercial developments to harvest rainwater
TUCSON - Rain falling on the roof of this new QuikTrip gas station trickles into pipes that water willow acacia trees and native shrubs.
The parking lot slopes, directing water into deep gravel that keeps it around for the desert landscaping rather than having it run down East Speedway Boulevard.
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Closing Homolovi Ruins has residents, archaeologists, Hopi worried about security
WINSLOW - Wandering across her parents’ cattle ranch in the 1950s, Georgia Nagel often found pottery shards, petroglyphs and other remnants of an ancient Anasazi village along the Little Colorado River. Unfortunately for Homolovi Ruins and its treasures, so did a lot of people with less honorable intentions.
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Securing shuttered Arizona state parks a problem
State parks officials are struggling to figure out how they’re going to keep closed state parks free of vandals and looters.
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Lake Havasu City proposes taking over popular state park
With Arizona State Parks facing an uncertain future due to budget cuts, Lake Havasu City is proposing taking over operations of a popular facility there.
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Orange Coalition, Gray seek restrictions on eminent domain
A group of Arizonans who call themselves the “Orange Coalition” are behind three measures that would bolster individual property rights and secure state control of water within its borders.
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Going nuclear?
For Arizona politicians, the easy part of plunging back into the nuclear-energy business is well under way - the talking part.
Now come the details, which include such hurdles as finding enough water, winning federal permits and - what else? - coming up with the billions of dollars needed to pay for construction.
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Brewer pulls out of cap-and-trade program
Arizona will no longer take part in the landmark cap-and-trade agreement that served as the foundation of a multistate alliance formed to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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Lawmaker: Arizona’s bald eagles need additional protection from state
Bald eagles need additional protection, especially preservation of their habitat, to survive in Arizona, a state lawmaker contends.
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Jones tries again to allow waste tires to fill abandoned mines
PEORIA - Jerry Tyra points to ATV and motorcycle tire tracks, bullet shells and garbage. People frequent this patch of desert.
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State water official: Desalination an expensive but necessary prospect for AZ
Desalinating ocean water is an expensive prospect but something Arizona must look toward in addressing population growth and increasingly dry weather brought on by climate change, a state official told lawmakers Jan. 21.
