Category: Colorado Plateau
Trump’s final plan to open treasured public lands in Utah called ‘Sellout’ to big oil
The administration’s new managment plans “are the latest in a series of insults… that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears Ears and Grand Staircase at the behest of corporate interests two years ago.” By Jessica Corbett,…
‘Biggest Loss of Clean Water Protection the country has ever seen’: Trump guts safeguards for US streams and wetlands
“This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever sludge or slime they wished into the streams and wetlands that often connect to the water…
Lawsuit: Trump admin violating the Endangered Species Act in AZ & NM: Cattle trampling waterways.
“It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to keep livestock from trampling these fragile southwestern rivers, but the Forest Service has turned a blind eye,” said Brian Segee, an attorney at the Center. “We found cows, manure and…
How one Utah community fought the fracking industry — and won
Kanab, a small Utah town that’s home to the famous Best Friends Animal Society, took an unconventional path to face down a frac sand mine that threatened the region’s aquifer. By Tara Lohan, The Revelator A…
Moving Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado won’t be good for public lands
Sheep grazing on BLM land near Shoshone, Idaho. BLM/Flickr, CC BY John Freemuth, Boise State University and James R. Skillen, Calvin University The Trump administration has pursued many controversial goals in managing U.S. public lands, including…
Impacts to health, livelihood continue after toxic mine spill in Mexico
Editor’s note: This report is part of an AZCIR collaboration with KPBS’ Fronteras Project, a regional news collaborative that produces reports on the changing culture and demographics of the American West and Southwest. The reporting was…
Driving north to Diné bi keyah
Diné bi keyah Do’ko’os’łííd is dressed in her winter splendor this morning. We drive north skirting the western edges of Driving north to Diné bi keyah (Diné homeland) thru Cameron and over the little Colorado River. Leaving…
Little Colorado River threatened by dams
The Little Colorado River is the focus of two pumped hydro storage power plant proposals that have met with resistance from stakeholders. The proposal creates a total of four dams, adjacent to the Little Colorado River…
Trump admin pulls 130 extraction leases
Flagstaff The Trump administration has pulled 130 oil and gas leases in Utah because the Bureau of Land Management failed to fully analyze greenhouse gas emissions and the potential harm to climate from fossil fuel…
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Reflections in Flagstaff: The Powerful Play Goes On
by Brad Olson Living here one can’t help but learn about at least a few of the many rich layers of history submerged just below the surface of Flagstaff’s daily bustle. The history of Flagstaff’s early…
Flagstaff/Red Gap water quality at risk from fracking
Flagstaff Flagstaff’s future water supply is a target for potentially harmful toxins. Red Gap Ranch, located 40 miles east of Flagstaff, was purchased in 2005 to ensure Flagstaff has adequate water for the future. Along the…
BLM to share office building with Chevron Corp and mining outfit
Flagstaff Congress has been unable to convince Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to refrain from dismantling the Bureau of Land Management in his rush to dismantle and relocate the Bureau of Land Management headquarters out…
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Trump admin sued by regional conservation and environmental groups
Flagstaff Conservation groups sued the Trump administration last week for failing to consider the climate pollution from 130 oil and gas leases spanning 175,500 acres of public lands in Utah. Eagle Canyon in the San…
