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Lawsuit Challenges Fracking Leases Threatening Northern Arizona Groundwater
July 15, 2019
PHOENIX— Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today for leasing 4,200 acres of public lands for oil and gas extraction in Arizona’s Little Colorado River basin without any new environmental review.
Sierra Club da a conocer la Tarjeta de Evaluación del Medio Ambiente 2019
June 27, 2019
Phoenix, AZ – El día de hoy, Sierra Club dio a conocer su Tarjeta de Evaluación 2019 para la Legislatura y el gobernador de Arizona. La tarjeta de este año muestra que Arizona sigue sin tener una legislatura y un gobernador dispuestos a abordar los...
Sierra Club Releases 2019 Environmental Report Card
June 27, 2019
Phoenix, AZ – Today, Sierra Club released its 2019 Environmental Report Card for the Arizona Legislature and Governor. This year’s report card shows that Arizona still does not have a legislature and governor that are willing to actively address the...
Arizonans Demand Action on International Climate Accountability Act
June 18, 2019
Phoenix, AZ – Today, climate action groups, including Arizona Interfaith Power and Light, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Chispa AZ, Ecomadres, Elders Climate Action, Kids Climate Action Network, Mi Familia Vota, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon (Arizona)...
Senator Sinema and Senator McSally, We are Still in, are You?
May 30, 2019
Phoenix, AZ – In 2016, the United States signed the Paris Climate Agreement and pledged to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 26–28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025. The goal of the agreement is to limit temperature rise by reducing greenhouse gas...
Agency Values Cows over Conservation in the World-Renowned San Pedro Riparian Area
April 26, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released its long-awaited proposed plan for managing the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (RNCA). The proposed management plan allows destructive levels of livestock grazing to...
Lawsuit Filed to Protect Arizona’s Waters, Wildlife From Proposed Rosemont Mine
March 27, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— Together, four conservation groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court today to overturn a key permit for the controversial proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in southern Arizona. The lawsuit challenges the U.S. Army Corps of...
Arizona Rep. Grijalva to Make Major Conservation Announcement Saturday at Grand Canyon
February 19, 2019
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. ― Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) will make a major conservation announcement Saturday about efforts to protect Grand Canyon National Park and nearby public lands from the dangers of uranium mining.
Lawsuit Challenges Massive Arizona Master-Planned Community Development Threatens St. David Cienega and the San Pedro River
February 1, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of a permit that allows a huge master-planned development project near Benson, Ariz., to proceed. The Villages at Vigneto would transform...
FOREST SERVICE TO CANCEL GRAZING PERMIT OF CONVICTED WOLF KILLER
December 3, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-- Last week, the Gila National Forest served rancher Craig Thiessen notice of a decision to cancel the grazing permit for the Canyon del Buey allotment near Reserve, New Mexico. Thiessen had pleaded guilty to intentionally trapping...