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U. S. to drastically alter Colorado River releases, Arizona officials warn
16+ hour, 11+ min ago (1088+ words) To prop up a declining Lake Powell, the federal government plans to significantly cut Colorado River releases from Powell to Lake Mead and to boost releases from Upper Colorado River Basin reservoirs to Powell, Arizona's top water officials say. The…...
Local opinion: Reflections on confronting climate change from Babad Do'ag (Frog Mountain -- Mount Lemmon)
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (393+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history. The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: I spent three wonderful yet unseasonably hot weeks in…...
Report: Colorado River water too cheap to encourage conservation
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (1734+ words) Behind the series: The Star's longtime environmental reporter Tony Davis shares what inspired him to write the investigative series "Colorado River reckoning: Not enough water." The way the water is sold from the Colorado River and from a federal water…...
Hosting solar can be a lifeline for farmers. But overcoming local opposition is tough
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (931+ words) CANFIELD, Ohio " Through the window of his combine, Wayne Greier watches his teenage son Blake drive a tractor across an empty field, towing a plow into position for another uncertain season of spring planting. Greier would be worrying less if…...
Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (791+ words) SAN DIEGO " Evolution works over millennia. Climate change is moving far faster. That mismatch is killing some of the planet's most vital ecosystems, from California's towering redwoods to the seagrass meadows along its coast, both of which store vast amounts…...
Local opinion: TEP needs a fact checker
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (284+ words) Tucson Electric Power's recent op-eds by Erik Bakken and Eric Bronner ask Tucsonans to accept the same premise: trust the utility. Trust that its rate increase is necessary. Trust that Project Blue will not shift costs and risks onto everyone…...
Climate Solution Rebuilding Species
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (70+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. Eelgrass sways in the current in San Diego's Mission Bay, Dec. 2. Former Arizona governor admitted to partaking in Peep jousting ICE agents pepper spray observers in South Tucson Tucson businessman,…...
Riparian health inside the Santa Cruz riverbed
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (98+ words) Arizona Daily Star Javascript is required to use this website. A volunteer holds a bull frog, an invasive species to the Santa Cruz Riverbed during a survey of riparian health inside the Santa Cruz riverbed along South Calle Santa Cruz,…...
WMO warns 'ocean warming at record levels & will continue for hundreds, if not thousands, of years"
3+ week, 2+ day ago (240+ words) Oliver Farry is pleased to welcome Claire Ransom, coordinator of the WMO's State of the Global Climate 2025 report. Ransom warns that the planet is not only warming, but entering a state of energy imbalance. Driven by record concentrations of greenhouse…...
Global oil crisis once again makes the case for renewable energy| Elizabeth Shackelford
3+ week, 3+ day ago (544+ words) Tesla is in talks to acquire $2. 9 B in solar manufacturing equipment from Chinese suppliers including Suzhou Maxwell, Shenzhen S. C New Energy, and Laplace Renewable Energy. Equipment deliveries are targeted for autumn, with shipments heading to Texas to support Tesla and…...