But TEP says the proposed power line to serve fast-growing Sahuarita is separate from one that will serve Copper World.
Tony Davis
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Tony graduated from Northwestern University and started at the Star in 1997. He has mostly covered environmental stories since 2005, focusing on water supplies, climate change, the Rosemont Mine and the endangered jaguar.
A new Arizona water report says only about 3% of the state’s precipitation reaches groundwater aquifers. Researchers recommend expanding stormwater capture, recharge projects and forest management efforts to help offset water losses driven by drought and climate change.
For Star subscribers: A new agreement signed by federal officials and leaders of water agencies in Arizona, California and Nevada could eventually lead to the transfer of potentially large amounts of Colorado River water between states.
Judge Scott Blaney's ruling Tuesday marked the second time in t wo months he has overturned efforts by the Arizona Department of Water Resources to
For Star subscribers: Tucson and Phoenix have a plan in which city with more water than it needs at the moment can share it.
Nearly 75 groups and other entities representing a wide range of interests want Congress to pony up at least $2 billion to invest in water con…
Opponents of the Copper World mining project in the Santa Rita Mountains have placed a lien on 160 acres of state land that mine developer Hud…
Arizona, Nevada and California would still have to take massive cuts in their Colorado River water supplies under a new, preliminary plan devi…
The land sale is seen by Copper World developer Hudbay Minerals Inc. as a way to add a "buffer" area between the mine and Corona de Tucson.