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Arizona to have world's largest solar power soon
EnviroMission, an Australian company, plans to build the world's largest solar tower energy plant in the world in Arizona by 2015. When completed, the central tower will be 2,625 feet tall, twice that ...
01 Aug, 2011
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Death of California union icon mourned across nation
Farmworker movement leader Richard Chavez passed away Wednesday at Bakersfield hospital. Richard helped found the United Farmworkers of America with his brother Cesar. According to union spokeswoman M ...
28 Jul, 2011
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Tuscon mayoral primary raises Green Party profile in Arizona
With registered voters abandoning the Democratic and Republican parties statewide, the Green Party’s candidates for mayor of Tucson see an opening ahead of their primary election showdown late next mo ...
27 Jul, 2011
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Arizona renewable energy poised to grow
More than 80 applications have been filed in Arizona for wind and power plants. If even some of them are approved, it would mean thousands of new jobs, increased tax revenues, and other econ ...
27 Jul, 2011
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Monster Haboob
The haboob that hit Phoenix on July 5 was indeed a monster, the largest in decades. It was at least 100 miles long, lasted for two hours, and was several thousand feet high. A second, less powerful ha ...
26 Jul, 2011
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Arizona launches \Build the border fence\ website
Recently, a new Arizona law permitted the state to raise money from private and public sources to build a border fence. Republican state senator Steve Smith sponsored the bill, which he hopes will rai ...
25 Jul, 2011
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CEOs claim California is worst state for business
California ranked dead last in a poll of 556 CEOs asking which state is the best place to do business. While CEOs are certainly not an unbiased lot, they also have considerable say in where to open ne ...
18 Jul, 2011
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Denying the right to choose light bulbs sparks spirited debate
As well-intentioned as they may be, new regulations attempting to enforce rules about energy efficient lighting have set off charges of life-altering interference almost as intense as that other “choi ...
18 Jul, 2011
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New open government committee makes the case for non-partisan primaries in Arizona
A multi-partisan group of former elected officials is seeking to place a constitutional amendment on the 2012 ballot that would replace Arizona’s current semi-closed primary with a top-two open primar ...
11 Jul, 2011
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Open primaries could change the political landscape in Arizona
In a state where Independents now outnumber registered voters from each of the two major parties, an Arizona State University professor suggests that it may be time for the Grand Canyon Stat ...
08 Jul, 2011
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