Top Environment Story:
Lead poisoning decimating endangered condors
October 11, 2008 ·
Wildlife biologists have struggled mightily to save the California condor, the king of the vulture family, which was previously driven to extinction in Arizona (and to the brink in California). There are only about 350 of the birds left alive, and only 150 in the wild. But those in the wild are being whittled away by hunter’s bullets — not directly, as in the past, but indirectly. Lead poisoning is the leading cause of death for an experimental population of California condors re-introduced to the Grand Canyon,... [Read more]
Natural Resources
State jobs picture grim, but mines are hiring
Want a job? You might want to consider working in an open-pit copper mine. A new report by the Arizona Department of Commerce estimates that between 2008 and 2009, the state will... [Read more]
Going Green
Solar, wind industries aided by federal bailout
Congress finally passed a key renewable energy bill late last week, extending tax credits for solar and wind power. It only took the near-collapse of the American financial system... [Read more]
Contributors
Religion has been a part of Peter Faur’s life since he was a boy growing up in St. Louis. Until he was 23 years old, he never attended anything but... [Read more]
Nat Laager moved to Arizona in 2000 after serving four years in the U.S. Marine Corps. He graduated from Arizona State University in 2004 with bachelor’s... [Read more]
This Phoenix native has been a news reporter for The Arizona Republic and The San Diego Union-Tribune newspapers. The topics he has covered include courts,... [Read more]
Cyndy Hardy is an eight-year resident of Sedona whose work was recognized with an award from the Arizona Newspapers Association. She has written more... [Read more]