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Safeguarding Our National Security with Practical PFAS Regulation
Our country has made major environmental progress under the Biden-Harris administration. This is especially true as it relates to addressing exposure to a set of chemicals known as PFAS. The […]
EPA short-circuits the U.S. power grid
When electricity rationing, soaring power prices, and blackouts come, there shouldn’t be any confusion over who is to blame. The warnings couldn’t have been any clearer. This is a self-made crisis and the buck stops with the Biden EPA.
Could a winter storm topple America’s electric grid?
America is relying more heavily than ever on natural gas to generate electricity. And doing so has made the nation’s energy supply more vulnerable.
Tribal water infrastructure needs more than one-time fix, senators told
The infusion of federal money for infrastructure projects is a welcome first step toward fixing deep problems with water systems on tribal lands, but it’s only a first step, an Arizona official testified Wednesday.
As water regulations shift – again – advocates, officials work to cope
As regulators and advocates grapple with the fallout of a Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the Clean Water Act, water lawyer Rhett Larson offers a calming bit of advice: Be like Bruce Lee.
Mayes, 21 other attorneys general oppose 3M settlement over water systems contamination with ‘forever chemicals’
Twenty-two attorneys general, including Kris Mayes, urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily.
SRP’s Coolidge gas plant expansion is back from the dead
A plan to expand SRP’s Coolidge Generating Station is back from the dead after the utility agreed to make a substantial investment in the neighboring Randolph community – but the deal is opposed by some environmental activists, industry groups and even an SRP board member.
Ranchers hail, environmentalists fear Supreme Court clean water ruling
Ranchers and Republican lawmakers are welcoming a Supreme Court ruling that narrows the range of waters subject to federal regulation, calling it a win for private property rights that reins in overeager regulators.
Arizona will fail clean-air standards if other states aren’t ‘good neighbors’
Arizona is doing all it can to improve air quality but will not meet federal standards as long as pollution from other jurisdictions can drift across its borders, the director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality testified Wednesday.
To advance environmental justice, Arizonans need strong soot pollution standard
Thankfully, President Biden and his administration have the authority they need to protect our communities from dangerous soot pollution.
EPA plan would stop SRP from dumping coal ash into generating station ponds
The Environmental Protection Agency has notified Salt River Project that it plans to deny the utility’s request to continue dumping coal ash into an unlined pond at its Coronado Generating Station coal-fired plant in eastern Arizona.
Maricopa County’s ozone pollution is high and getting worse
Maricopa County’s ozone levels are getting worse, harming the health of its 4.5 million residents and threatening to cost the region billions of dollars in the coming years.
