In my interregnum of negligence last week, I failed to say anything about Sylvia Allen’s comments in support of a memorial supporting more uranium mining in Northern Arizona. You’ve seen a lot of commentary about it already in the blogosphere, and it even got national attention:
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New rumor is that Department of Environmental Quality head Steve Owens will land in a new regional position with the EPA. The tribes are pushing for him too.
Observers I’ve talked to are saying that it would be political suicide for Jan Brewer to out-and-out dismantle DEQ (which would make some in the legislature happy), but [...]
Folks in California’s congressional delegation, particularly Nancy Pelosi and George Miller, have been pulling out all the stops for fellow Californian Mike Thompson in his bid to be Interior Secretary. I realize that a lot of this is delegation solidarity, but I can’t help thinking that a lot of this has to do with making [...]
I haven’t been good about posting the last few days. Hey, I get to have an off week.
So, this means I haven’t given our Governor proper credit for one of her vetoes the other day. On Monday, Janet Napolitano vetoed SB 1406, which would have made it more difficult for localities to impose impact fees [...]
Slowly (too slowly, but what can you do?) some national news outlets are starting to take a look at John McCain’s backroom deals. Check out this piece run in the New York Times this morning about McCain’s relationship with local land razer Don Diamond. Thankfully, they did not allege an affair in this case.
Our boy Ray Carroll [...]
Years ago, I attended a memorial service for Morris Udall. One of the speakers was author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams. She pointed to Udall’s Mormon upbringing as a big part of why he became congress’s greatest conservationist. She read some passages that were quite beautiful calls to protect the earth. Many in the [...]
I have yet to meet anyone that thinks that this proposed I-10 bypass is a good idea. Then again, I don’t talk to a lot of real estate developers.
Daniel Patterson already has a post on the idea, and he thinks it stinks. Then again we expected that. The “Tucson Avoiding” portion of the bypass would [...]
In my last couple of drives to Phoenix, I’ve been struck by the two billboards that are up in opposition to a proposed rail yard emblazoned with the words “Save the Peak!”
I’m a bit confused about folks who want to save the senic beauty of Picacho Peak advertising their cause on large freeway billboards that block [...]
So, let me get this right, Karl Rove told Sheryl Crow not to touch him? You know, folks are right about me, I just don’t understand the Republican mind.
Of course, these are guys that think that Ann Coulter is “hot.”
As they start to realize they are losing the global warming argument, the new tack of conservatives is to attack the energy use of environmentalists. To hear them tell it, if you are concerned about global warming, you are commanded to live in a little cabin somewhere off the power grid and ride your bike around [...]
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