Rick Grinnell of the Southern Arizona Business Coalition and Randy Serraglio of the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity debate the proposed Rosemont Copper Mine in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson. Also, Dr. Danielle Babski of the Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, pllus historian Ken Scoville has a preview of this Saturday’s Barrio Viejo Home Tour.... Read more»
Bolivia’s fabulously rich silver mine has claimed thousands of victims, yet the men keep coming.... Read more»
Arizona metal mining and manufacturing produced 84.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals in 2011, a 34 million pound increase over two years. It reflects a spike in mining, but while environmentalists say it shows a need for regulation, miners call the numbers needlessly frightening.... Read more»
An interview with Save the Scenic Santa Ritas Vice President Morris Farr about opposition to the Rosemont Mine.. Also, Dr. Peter Gordon, veterinary neurologist with Veterinary Specialty Center of Tucson, and Anita Kellman on the 5th Annual Beat Cancer Boot Camp.... Read more»
An interview with Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry, and the Reporters’ Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial writer at the Arizona Daily Star, and Mark B. Evans, administrator of TucsonCitizen.com. Plus, Matt Russell has Weekend Watch.... Read more»
A consortium of federal and tribal agencies reported that a five-year, $110 million project to clean up uranium contamination in the Navajo Nation had addressed the most urgent risks there. But the report also said that much more work needs to be done to deal with the health threat.... Read more»
Bill Assenmacher, president of the Southern Arizona Business Coalition, and Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll debate the proposed Rosemont Mine project. Also, Jack Challem on nutrition.... Read more»
Underground vast reservoirs hold billions of gallons of water suitable for drinking, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Yet every day injection wells pump more than 200,000 gallons of toxic and radioactive waste from uranium mining into local aquifers.... Read more»
More than six decades after the first mines opened on Navajo lands, it is still unclear how many sites need to be cleaned up, how many people may be suffering from the effects of uranium exposure and what can be done to contain all the hazardous material in these communities – if that’s even possible.... Read more»
Federal officials have given energy and mining companies permission to pollute aquifers in more than 1,500 places across the country, releasing toxic material into underground reservoirs that help supply more than half of the nation’s drinking water.... Read more»1
A federal enforcement blitz targeting coal mines with potentially dangerous levels of dust found a host of violations at more than a dozen sites where conditions left miners at risk for developing black lung disease.... Read more»
Instead of tangling with Arizona over the Clean Air Act, federal regulators should consider Arizona’s unique factors, the state’s environmental chief says.... Read more»
Interviews with Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll, who’s running for reelection, plus KVOI’s Doug Martin and Ally Miller, a Republican candidate for supervisor in District 1.... Read more»
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing that 838,000 acres near the U.S.-Mexico border be designated as critical habitat for jaguars. Most of the land is in Southern Arizona, including the area of the proposed Rosemont Mine.... Read more»
Federal officials said Wednesday they will review whether two plants near the proposed Rosemont Copper mine are threatened, the second time in as many weeks they have put species near the mine under review.... Read more»
Interviews with U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva and U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Richard Carmona.... Read more»
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