Arizona Environmental News

Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Blending Wind and Solar Meets Peak Energy Demands
...ombining wind farms with solar thermal power plants, including storage for the additional states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. This ...

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Unmanned Solar-Powered Aircraft Soars Nonstop for 14 Days
... A flight crew preps the solar-powered QinetiQ Zephyr before its record-breaking 14-day flight over Arizona. Credit: QinetiQ The Z...

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Fish Habitat Benefits From In excess of $3 Million in Backing
...s eroded by motorized trail use on Beaver Creek on the Kenai Peninsula. Arizona (Western Native Trout Initiative) - $130,000 in S...

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
D.O.E. Declares $30 Million for Energy-Efficient Housing Partnerships
...s of 80 research organizations and building industry partners, such as Washington State University, Arizona State University, UC Davis, General Electric, Enn...

Monday, July 19th, 2010
ANOTHER MEXICAN WOLF FOUND ILLEGALLY SHOT IN A
..., 505-248-6455 ANOTHER MEXICAN WOLF FOUND ILLEGALLY SHOT IN ARIZONA U.S.F.W.S. (Service) ...

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Maricopa County-based Summit Builders Construction Co. required
...y SAN FRANCISCO - The E.P.A. has fined Summit Builders Construction Co., based in Maricopa County, Arizona, $105,610 for allegedly failing to comply with Cl...

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
U.S.D.A. Awards $4.2 Million in Woody Biomass Utilization Plans
...ing biomass from hazardous fuel reduction plans on National Forest land. Of 185 applicants, 13 from Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and Ore...

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
10 Plans Selected by D.O.E. to Advance State-of-the-Art Carbon Capture from Coal Power Plants
...slipstream flow of 20 tons-of-COtwo/day in coal-fired flue gas during a six-month field test at the Arizona Public Service Cholla Power Plant. Field test dat...

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
D.O.E. Offers $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee to Abengoa Solar
...e the construction and start-up of a concentrating solar power (CSP) generating facility in Solana, Arizona. President Obama announced the offer on July 3. O...