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The dirty little secret about power generation is that most states, including Arizona, rely heavily on coal. Sure, Arizona has mandated 15% renewable energy by 2025 but for now, King Coal reigns. Even California, which has a much more ambitious plan of 33% renewable by 2020, relies heavily on coal. However, and somewhat hypocritically, California has banned coal plants within its borders while importing a vast amount of coal power from neighboring states, including Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexi

In a recent interview with NPR, David Linden, professor of neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the chief editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology, discussed the contents of his new book, entitled The Compass of Pleasure, and spent a fair amount of time explaining the science behind addiction, which he says is a health problem, not a moral failing. During the interview, Linden explained that addictions to certain foods, behaviors, and drugs are a measurable, physi

California growers have been earning record-high prices on their avocados, and it's easy to understand why when you learn that Southern California growers are expected to produce a crop that is less than half the size of last season's. With underproduction in Mexico and increased awareness about their health benefits from an advertising campaign, avocado demand is outstripping supply. Analysts are predicting that avocado prices will remain high until imports increase from Chile in the late summe

Virtually all of California's water comes from someplace other than where it is consumed. Water travels through hundreds of miles of aqueducts inside the state, from the Sacramento Delta to the Central Valley and the Southland. San Francisco gets its water from the Hetch Hetchy valley in Yosemite National Park, which was flooded by building a dam in the 1920's, an event which remains controversial to this day. The Colorado River flows through several western states and California, and is so depl

As the internet shapes up to play a bigger role in 2012, Republican candidates Gov. Gary Johnson and Rep. Ron Paul are using the medium to challenge the mainstream media and their own GOP presidential colleagues. CNN recently decided to exclude Johnson from appearing in its upcoming Republican debate on June 13. With the net at his disposal, however, the former New Mexico governor took to his Youtube channel to directly communicate his thoughts on CNN's decision to determine the field of candid

This week, the Global Commission on Drug Policy released a 24-page paper arguing that the "global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world." The report is just the latest instance of public officials calling for comprehensive reform of repressive drug policies, including two presidential candidates for the U.S. Republican Party's nomination, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and Congressman Ron Paul. The 19-member panel include

It turns out Ross Perot had not fallen off his rocker when he, as a 1992 3rd party presidential candidate, predicted that signing NAFTA would lead to the loss of American jobs to trade partners amid a “giant sucking sound.” An Economic Policy Institute (EPI) report says that California leads the nation in job-loss due to the treaty signed by former president Bill Clinton. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), in combination with the Great Recession, has resulted in 692,900 lost jobs

Lost in last week's coverage and commentary of the unfolding Osama bin Laden story was the discovery of yet another drug tunnel on the U.S.-Mexico border, this time in Arizona. Border Patrol agents working in conjunction with the Government of Mexico confirmed the existence of an illicit tunnel on May 5th, three days after U.S. agents discovered evidence indicating a cross-border drug tunnel. Chiseled right through solid rock in some places, the sophisticated drug tunnel traversed 250 feet acro

Vitriolic rhetoric is nothing new to the illegal immigration conversation, but every now and then there's an event that takes place in the public square that reminds moderate sides of the issue to guard their message from proceeding down the path of divisive dialogue. According to a report from the Los Angeles affiliate of ABC News, members of the National Socialist Movement staged an anti-illegal immigration protest in the city of Claremont. The group, the largest neo-Nazi organization in the

Large specialty crop farmers are reassessing their spring planting plans because of rising fuel prices. Many farmers are considering planting more subsidized crops such as corn and cotton as market prices for fruits and vegetables lack stability during times like these. Also, yields for specialty crops are more difficult to predict than commodities. By making the switch, farmers might also save on fuel costs related to irrigation. Most farmers rely on diesel-powered groundwater pumps. Rising fue