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Arizona Land Consulting closes on latest addition to …

12/22/2021
BUCKEYE —   Arizona Land Consulting, a woman-owned land consulting firm, recently announced the closing of a 67-acre property near the Buckeye KOREPlex facility. The $8.3 million …

ASU honored for sustainability efforts

12/14/2021
Arizona State University is more than just the nation’s most innovative institute for higher education. It’s also one of its most sustainable.

Southwest Phoenix apartment complex to go ‘carbon …

11/15/2021
A Massachusetts-based real estate firm is targeting the southwest Valley and making the area more sustainable in the process.

Scottsdale’s first multi-faceted sustainability plan …

10/2/2021
City of Scottsdale, with the assistance of Arizona State University, advances in a broader sustainability plan to be implemented within municipal operations and the greater community.  As …

Tempe-based Icon Power receives national distinction

9/3/2021
Just a little more than four years after launching in Arizona, Icon Power, a solar energy company owned by two brothers, Jake and Jordan Bastian, has been honored for its rapid growth on a national level.

AZ goes EV: Rate of electric car ownership relatively …

7/7/2021
For a mostly red state, Arizona has a lot of blue-state company when it comes to states ranked by electric vehicle ownership, according to recent government data.

Ask The Editor: Why doesn’t Glendale recycle glass?

6/25/2021
Question: Just curious why Glendale is the only major city in Arizona much less the entire U.S., that does not recycle glass. I questioned this several years ago and was told “we were looking into it but recycling glass makes costs too high.” Why can other cities make it work? I take my glass to a friend's house in Phoenix and Peoria for recycling. And at what point do we look at the environmental costs of just throwing everything in the landfill? — Lisa C., Glendale

Phoenix, SRP partner on new EV charging

5/10/2021
The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday approved funding for 11 new dual-port electric vehicle charging stations to be placed around the city at public libraries and parks.

ASU, Starbucks extend partnership into sustainability …

5/3/2021
Arizona State University and Starbucks are expanding their seven-year partnership and moving it in a new direction.

Mesa elementary school students participate in Earth …

5/3/2021
Working in partnership with Mesa Public Schools, the city of Mesa Environmental Management & Sustainability Department sponsored the “Express Your Environmental Self” Earth Day …

Crossing the Agua Fria River: Peoria reaches water …

4/8/2021
Most people don’t think of water unless it doesn’t come out of their faucet when they turn it on. And that’s when they really think about it.

George Brooks Jr. nominated to USDA advisory committee

3/30/2021
George Brooks Jr., Ph.D., Mesa Community College sustainable agriculture faculty member, has been nominated by the Aquaponics Association to serve on the new USDA Advisory Committee on Urban and …