by Melissa | Mar 8, 2017 | Economy, Environment
Maricopa ethanol plant Pinal Energy turns corn into fuel, cattle feed, dry ice by David Yankus | Maricopa Monitor Despite a shutdown of more than a year between 2013 and 2014, Arizona’s only ethanol plant is back in production, producing about 50 million gallons of...
by Melissa | Mar 8, 2017 | Environment, Florence, Government
Appeal of Florence Copper Mine permit is denied by Mark Cowling | Casa Grande Dispath A state panel on Tuesday denied an appeal of Florence Copper’s state environmental permit, putting the mine a step closer to a small-scale test run off Hunt Highway. The Arizona...
by Melissa | Feb 17, 2017 | Environment, Marana
Monsanto pulls Pima property-tax proposal, preserves trade-zone plan by Dylan Smith | TucsonSentinel.com Dodging a potential thorn in the side of a federal Foreign Trade Zone application for a planned Marana greenhouse, controversial agi-biz giant Monsanto has...
by Melissa | Feb 16, 2017 | Environment, Government
Senate panel nixes bid from Pinal farmers to change water rights rules by Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services A Senate panel has rebuffed a plea from some Pinal County farmers to change Department of Water Resources rules they say affect the value of their...
by Melissa | Feb 6, 2017 | Environment, Florence
Technical glitch means Florence Copper air quality hearing must be held again by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune Pinal County Air Quality representatives will hold a public hearing on a permit for Florence Copper at 6 p.m. Feb. 22 in the Superior...
by Melissa | Feb 2, 2017 | Environment, Government
BLM seeks public input for Sonoran Desert National Monument plan by Kelly Fisher | Tri-Valley Dispatch Change is on the way for a national monument made up of more than 487,000 acres of the Sonoran Desert, and the Bureau of Land Management is asking for public opinion...