Here are all our Press/News Releases (since Jan 2024)...
Student Group Names Wandering Wolf “Hope”
July 30, 2024
Flagstaff, Ariz.— Arizona students proposed a new name for Mexican gray wolf F2979, calling her “Hope.” She was captured and collared by the AGFD earlier this month. The agency intends to use her to locate any packmates and return them to recovery...
Groups Deliver more than 17,000 Petition Signatures to Governor Hobbs Urging Her to Shut Down Pinyon Plain Uranium Mine
June 27, 2024
... to use her authority to close the Pinyon Plain uranium mine that threatens the waters of Grand Canyon and the Havasupai Tribe -- This comes after the groups, scientists, and many others sent a letter to the governor in January, outlining the...
Letter Urges Mexican Gray Wolves to Be Released as Families
June 25, 2024
Conservation organizations today asked the U.S. FWS to release captive-born Mexican gray wolf pairs together with their pups into AZ and NM -- Releases of wolf families that survive and breed would diversify the wild population’s depleted gene pool.
BLM safeguards 98.9% of Sonoran Desert National Monument, its Indigenous resources, desert life from recreational shooting
June 5, 2024
BLM to close almost 500,000 acres (98.9%) of Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting -- once allowed everywhere amidst the saguaro cacti, native desert life, ancient petroglyphs, and rich cultural history an hour from Phoenix
At Phoenix Earth Day Rally, Elected Officials Join Climate Leaders to Demand Climate Action
April 22, 2024
Hundreds Join in at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza at Event Hosted by Climate Action Campaign -- alongside several Arizona officials and leading climate, justice, and public health organizations, hosted a dynamic “Climate Solutions Now” Earth Day Rally...
Inflation Reduction Act Delivers More than $156 Million in Solar for All Funds for Arizona
April 22, 2024
...to enable low-income and disadvantaged households to benefit from low-cost, clean solar energy—benefits that include home energy savings, energy resilience, improved air quality, wealth building, and quality jobs (plus more funds to Tribes)
AZ Leaders Gather in South Phoenix to Talk about Soot Air Pollution and the New EPA Standards
February 21, 2024
Phoenix, AZ – Community leaders gathered today at First New Life Church in South Phoenix to express their appreciation for the new, tighter Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Standards for Soot, or PM 2.5 Particulate Matter air pollution.
Borderlands Large and Small Wildlife Openings Provide Some Needed Connectivity for Animals
February 4, 2024
(Tucson, AZ) New sightings of jaguars in southern AZ have generated conversations about the recovery of this rare species. A barrier to recovery is the border wall. Such sightings were where no wall exists -- where shipping containers were removed.
80 Groups, Scientists Urge Arizona Governor to Close Uranium Mine in Newly Designated Grand Canyon National Monument
January 29, 2024
Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz – The groups are calling on Gov. Hobbs to use her authority to rescind permits issued by the ADEQ -- and instead issue new permits -- for closing and cleaning up the mine (also known as Canyon mine).
Groups Release 2024 Environmental Priorities for AZ Legislature and Governor
January 4, 2024
Phoenix, AZ - Today, 25 plus organizations presented "2024 Environmental Priorities for the Arizona Legislature and Governor" -- water as top priority -- climate and clean energy, environmental justice, land protection, democracy -- among others...
