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Hundreds of county jails detained immigrants for ICE

From the Wire February 11, 2020

To hold immigrant detainees for ICE, state and local governments enter into agreements with ICE known as Intergovernmental Service Agreements. These agreements require ICE to pay the local government per diem for each bed that the…

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Walking Flagstaff w/ George Breed

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The Founding Fathers sing The Day Democracy Died

Border Patrol Agent empties water left by No More Deaths volunteers

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9:30 pm Harvest – Jazz and Poetry @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Harvest – Jazz and Poetry @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 19 @ 9:30 pm – Feb 20 @ 1:00 am

“The poet is the priest of the invisible.” – Wallace Stevens 10PM FREE (9:30PM signup, or signup in advance by contacting the host) Come join us at the Brew Wednesday November 13th for HARVEST, an experiment...

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6:00 pm Open Jam w/ Lucky Lenny @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Open Jam w/ Lucky Lenny @ Flagstaff Brewing Company

Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Grab your strings and come ready to sing at the Open Jam with Lucky Lenny. We got beer, Lucky Lenny’s got the sound, you got a song. Sign up at 6pm.

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8:00 pm The Redifusion 2 / A Music for C... @ Firecreek Coffee Company

The Redifusion 2 / A Music for C... @ Firecreek Coffee Company

Feb 22 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

The Redifusion is a “rock potluck” where we bring together 25 members picked from 25 different bands to form 6 new groups with new names that will perform for the first time together on stage at...

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Greenpeace finds labels on plastic products ‘Mislead the public and harm America’s recycling systems’

Common Dreams 2020-02-18

Instead of getting serious about moving away from single-use plastic, corporations are hiding behind the pretense that their throwaway packaging...

Can the U.S. slash food waste in half in the next ten years?

From the Wire 2020-02-17

Emerging efforts by cities and the federal government show that progress is possible, but experts say systemic changes are still...

Temperature in Antarctica soars past 69°F as NOAA reports last month was world’s hottest January on record

Common Dreams 2020-02-13

While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record...

Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health’

From the Wire 2020-02-06

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife...

BLM suspends oil & gas extraction leases in Little Colorado River Valley

Meteor Staff 2020-02-06

Flagstaff The Trump administration has suspended 4,200 acres of oil and gas leases on public land in Arizona’s Little Colorado...

The Trump administration on Thursday released its final management plans for a lands previously protected as national monuments. (Photo: Bob Wick/Bureau of Land Management/Flickr/cc)

Trump’s final plan to open treasured public lands in Utah called ‘Sellout’ to big oil

Common Dreams 2020-02-06

The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series of insults... that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears...

Over 60 green groups call on House Dems to pass sweeping worker rights-boosting PRO Act

Common Dreams 2020-02-06

"There is no way to build a greener, more inclusive economy without strong, thriving labor unions." By Andrea Germanos, staff...

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5 things you should know about the earth’s warming ocean

From the Wire 2020-01-31

Climate change has caused record-breaking ocean temperatures, and that means more dangerous storms, trouble for coral reefs and big changes...

Greta Thunberg needs no defense: why we must keep Climate Striking

From the Wire 2020-01-25

by Massimo Paciotto Biggers , Jeff Biggers Common Dreams While President Trump dismissed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and scientists as...

Why California is banning chlorpyrifos, a widely-used pesticide: 5 questions answered

From the Wire 2020-01-24

Gina Solomon, University of California, San Francisco Editor’s note: California, the top U.S. food-producing state, is ending use of chlorpyrifos,...

‘We Have so much more to do,’ youth climate activists declare as global elite close out Davos forum

Common Dreams 2020-01-25

"It is time to get out of our comfort zones." by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Youth climate activists marched through...

‘Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the country has ever seen’: Trump guts safeguards for US streams and wetlands

From the Wire 2020-01-23

"This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever...

Environment-Water

Report: ‘No Evidence That Fracking Can Operate Without Threatening Public Health’

From the Wire 2020-02-06

More than 1,500 scientific studies on the health and climate impacts of fracking prove its dangerous effect on communities, wildlife...

BLM suspends oil & gas extraction leases in Little Colorado River Valley

Meteor Staff 2020-02-06

Flagstaff The Trump administration has suspended 4,200 acres of oil and gas leases on public land in Arizona’s Little Colorado...

Trump’s final plan to open treasured public lands in Utah called ‘Sellout’ to big oil

Common Dreams 2020-02-06

The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series of insults... that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears...

‘Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the country has ever seen’: Trump guts safeguards for US streams and wetlands

From the Wire 2020-01-23

"This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever...

Lawsuit: Trump admin violating the Endangered Species Act in AZ & NM: Cattle trampling waterways.

Meteor Staff 2020-01-14

“It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to keep livestock from trampling these fragile southwestern rivers, but the Forest Service has turned...

Impacts to health, livelihood continue after toxic mine spill in Mexico

From the Wire 2020-01-05

Editor’s note: This report is part of an AZCIR collaboration with KPBS’ Fronteras Project, a regional news collaborative that produces...

Leaking gas stations around Flagstaff

Naima Schuller 2019-12-03

Recently, a number of gas stations have disappeared from Flagstaff. A couple have been replaced but the rest appear to...

Little Colorado River Photo Credit: Lisa Winters, Grand Canyon Trust

Little Colorado River threatened by dams

Naima Schuller 2019-11-21

The Little Colorado River is the focus of two pumped hydro storage power plant proposals that have met with resistance...

$Flagstaff/Red Gap water quality at risk from fracking$

Flagstaff/Red Gap water quality at risk from fracking

Naima Schuller 2019-09-30

Flagstaff Flagstaff's future water supply is a target for potentially harmful toxins. Red Gap Ranch, located 40 miles east of...

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