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~ by Greg Pentkowski -- Celebrating over 30 Years of Published Eco-Awareness!

On August 2, the Hualapai Tribe filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for wrongfully approving the Sandy Valley Lithium Exploration Project -- a massive drilling operation that would...

2024 Environmental Report Card for AZ Legislature and Governor Session Characterized by Inaction on Key Priorities-Water, Climate, and Environmental Justice In August, Sierra Club, joined by Chispa Arizona and Arizona Asian American, Native...

1. Tell us a little bit about yourself (and Canelo). Canelo and I are always together. We love volunteering and spending time outside. We are both native Arizonans and love this biodiverse state. Arizona has more biomes than any other state,...

from Sierra Club Awards Committee for 2024 [on facebook]... "Thomas Hatfield from the Grand Canyon Chapter is receiving the Communication Excellence Award this year for teaching volunteers in Sierra Club...

by Maria Traveno Climate change is an undeniable reality. Our planet is experiencing unprecedented global warming due to excessive greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, and other human activities. Arizona has fluctuating temperatures, where...

by Oscar Valencia Here in the Valley of the Sun, our urban forests plays a vital role in cooling our cities. They do so by providing shade and through evapotranspiration, which is a process that cools surrounding areas through water vapor...

by Ana Gorla We kicked off Latinx Conservation Week in Arizona with a stargazing event near the proposed Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. We got to the Painted Rock Petroglyph campsite as the light was leaving the sky, just in time to...

by Miché Lozano "The Ministry for the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson is a thought provoking climate fiction novel that weaves together policy, global finance, and environmentalism. While its complexity might appeal more to some readers -- I'm...

by Gary Beverly BOOK REVIEW: “The Emerald Mile” by Kevin Fedarko,2013, Scribner, 415 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map -- An audiobook version is available at most local libraries and through Audible. While...