Newsom signs bills to close Inglewood Oil Field and increase fines on idle wells
Gov. Gavin Newsom has intensified his fight against the fossil fuel industry, signing a bill Wednesday that will shut down the vast Englewood oil field by 2030 and raise fees companies must pay to cover the costs of cleaning up 40,000 idled oil wells in the state. Standing on a Los Angeles football field with […]
Flagstaff girls basketball rolls past Flowing Wells to reach third consecutive state semifinal | Local Sports
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California voters could be asked to vote twice on buffer zones around new oil wells
Environmental justice advocates are expected to start a campaign on Wednesday for a proposed statewide initiative to mandate health and safety buffer zones around new oil and gas wells, as California voters We are likely to see two similar bills on the ballot in November 2024. If environmental groups gather enough signatures to qualify for […]
Arizona’s groundwater supplies are essentially unregulated. That means rural wells are drying up
Ron Dungan/KJZZ Most of the groundwater in rural Arizona is unregulated. Temperatures are well over 100 degrees, but it’s easy to forget that the Arizona desert sits on top of an underground water basin formed during the Ice Age. Rural communities in the state depend on that water, which experts say is a finite resource. […]
MCAS Yuma is requesting permission to test drinking water from wells for harmful chemicals
This test is not intended for people receiving drinking water from the City of Yuma or the Yuma base. Yuma, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are urging off-base Yuma landlords to drink water from wells because it may contain harmful chemicals. They are asking for permission to sample the drinking […]
State blocks wells at Saudi-owned farm in La Paz County | Local News Stories
PHOENIX — Attorney General Chris Mays has accused the Department of Water Resources of failing to do its job of protecting the state’s groundwater supply. In a letter to Tom Busschacke published Friday, Mays said the government agency he led has implemented a new “active management policy” since 1980, in which legal limits have been […]
Saudi-owned farm in La Paz County denied plan for new wells – Parker Live
Arizona has rejected plans for two new deepwater wells requested by a La Paz county agricultural business owned by a Saudi dairy company. Fondmonte, Arizona, already pumps enough groundwater to irrigate thousands of acres near Vicksburg, a 46-mile drive from Parker, where alfalfa is grown to feed dairy cattle. We are exporting to Saudi Arabia. […]
Saudi-owned Fondomonte can’t drill 2 new wells in Arizona, state says
A private company farming alfalfa in Arizona’s Butler Valley has been unable to drill two additional wells on state land there, a political flashpoint in drought-hit Arizona. and may reduce the use of groundwater. Democratic Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays said Friday that the drilling permit for the Saudi-owned company Fondmonte had been revoked, after […]
Arizona AG revokes drill permits for Saudi company building wells
Phoenix — Editor’s Note: The above video was shown during the last broadcast. The battle for Arizona’s water continues, Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays We have more news on this topic this week. In a recent release to celebrate Earth Day, Mays provided an update on the water use of its Saudi-owned company operating in […]
Celebration of life for former UA swimmer Ty Wells, who died in January, Saturday at 6 p.m.
Arizona Daily Star A native of Manteca, California, Wells specialized in the breaststroke while competing for the Wildcats from 2018-2022. In a post on its social media accounts announcing Saturday’s event, the UA Swim Team said anyone interested in participating in the RSVP at azcats.co/rua by April 12 would be able to estimate the appropriate […]
