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	<title>Arizona Capitol Times &#187; environment</title>
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	<description>Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics</description>
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		<title>Probe launched into Pinal County political group</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/01/probe-launched-into-pinal-county-political-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Martyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curis Resources Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independent expenditure committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinal County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinal Truth Squad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Rankin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State authorities are investigating whether a recently formed group funded by a politically connected mining company violated Arizona's campaign-finance laws.]]></description>
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		<title>Pinal County supervisors looking for replacement</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/26/pinal-county-supervisors-looking-for-replacement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona State Parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Martyn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pinal County Board of Supervisors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pinal County Board of Supervisors is looking to appoint someone to replace Bryan Martyn, who recently accepted a position as director of Arizona State Parks.]]></description>
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		<title>AZ officials prepare for active wildfire season</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/az-officials-prepare-for-active-wildfire-season/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/12/az-officials-prepare-for-active-wildfire-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona State Forester Scott Hunt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red flag days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wildfire season]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says low rainfall, high temperatures and wind will make the coming months ripe for damaging wildfires.

The governor said Wednesday this year's below-average snowfall has increased the potential for large blazes in the state's higher elevations.]]></description>
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		<title>USDA OKs drought disaster for some AZ counties</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/09/usda-oks-drought-disaster-for-some-az-counties/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/09/usda-oks-drought-disaster-for-some-az-counties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coconino County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gila county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maricopa County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pima County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pinal County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Vilsack]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States Department of Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yavapai County]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ A federal agency is backing a request from Gov. Jan Brewer to declare a drought disaster that will help ranchers and farmers.]]></description>
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		<title>AZ House OKs secrecy for environmental reports</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/09/az-house-oks-secrecy-for-environmental-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/09/az-house-oks-secrecy-for-environmental-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Davenport, Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Mining Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Rock Products Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental reports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home Builders Association of Central Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy Burges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pollution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Bahr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secrecy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mining companies and other businesses will be allowed to keep environmental studies secret, even if they detail possible pollution problems, under industry-backed legislation that gained final House approval Monday.

Under the measure headed to Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, environmental audits generally could not be used as evidence in civil cases.]]></description>
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		<title>Senators urge action on water-rights bill in meeting with tribal leaders</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/06/senators-urge-action-on-water-rights-bill-in-meeting-with-tribal-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/06/senators-urge-action-on-water-rights-bill-in-meeting-with-tribal-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victoria Pelham, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[courts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[water issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hopi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Kyl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navajo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuba City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – Arizona’s senators urged tribal leaders Thursday to move quickly on a proposed settlement of water-rights claims so they can push the bill through Congress before this session ends.

In separate closed-door meetings with Navajo and Hopi leaders in Tuba City, Republican Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain stressed the importance of quick action, said those who attended the meetings.]]></description>
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		<title>McCain, Kyl to talk water rights with tribes today</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/05/mccain-kyl-to-talk-water-rights-with-tribes-today/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/05/mccain-kyl-to-talk-water-rights-with-tribes-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latest News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hopi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John McCain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Kyl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navajo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Settlement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[TUBA CITY — Arizona's two U.S. senators are meeting with tribal leaders today to discuss a water rights settlement.

Jon Kyl introduced legislation earlier this year that would settle the Navajo and Hopi claims to the Little Colorado River system. The tribes would get groundwater delivery projects in exchange for giving up further claims to the water.]]></description>
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		<title>Bill allows companies to keep violations of environmental laws secret</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/03/bill-allows-companies-to-keep-violations-of-environmental-laws-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/03/bill-allows-companies-to-keep-violations-of-environmental-laws-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capitol Insiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB2199]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy Bahr]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[self-audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sierra Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Senators Tuesday approved legislation to allow companies to self-audit and keep the information “privileged” when they discover violations of environmental laws.

That information, if it is contained in a self-audit, also can’t also be used as evidence in a civil or administrative proceeding.]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix Mayor Stanton sees  empty lots full of opportunities&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/03/phoenix-mayor-stanton-sees-empty-lots-full-of-opportunities/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/03/phoenix-mayor-stanton-sees-empty-lots-full-of-opportunities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Coddington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Going Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill McDonough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[empty lots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Stanton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently elected Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and architectural sustainability consultant Bill McDonough held a conversation with the downtown Phoenix community last month to figure out ways to put the empty lots that dot the city to work.]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer&#8217;s veto not the only fight against billboards</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/02/brewers-veto-not-the-only-fight-against-billboards/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/02/brewers-veto-not-the-only-fight-against-billboards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Billboard foes are cheering Gov. Jan Brewer's recent veto of a bill that would have permitted electronic billboards on state and federal highways, but more fights are ahead for billboard opponents.]]></description>
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