Welcome to spring! After the winter we’ve had (goodbye, record-breaking snowstorms) I hope you are all looking forward to beautiful blooms in garden beds and containers that will add so much to your backyards, patios or windowsills. One of the tricks to having a garden that gives you pleasure all season long is knowing that what you plant in early spring, when the temperatures are moderate and evenings are cool, might not thrive in the dog days of summer. So, you need to plan out what … [Read more...] about Planting for Beauty All Season
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Gosar Introducing Power Plant Legislation
Tomorrow, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ) will be putting forth two amendments to the Stop the War on Coal Act (H.R. 3409) that are aimed at protecting rural Arizona’s four coal-fired power plants: Navajo Generating Station (NGS) near Page, Coronado Generating Station (CGS) near St. Johns, the Cholla Power Plant near Joseph City, and the Apache Generating Station (AGS) near Willcox. Regional Haze Regulatory Relief Amendment Congressman Gosar (R-AZ), Congressman Berg (R-ND), Congressman … [Read more...] about Gosar Introducing Power Plant Legislation
Purina Unveiling Solar Array in Flagstaff
Flagstaff's Nestlé Purina PetCare facility unveiled a 427 kilowatt solar array today, atop the Eastside manufacturing facility. Plant Manager Bill Calloway tells Flagstaff Business News the solar photovoltaic electric system is the largest project of its kind to be installed in a private enterprise in Northern Arizona. The 1,900 panels will leverage the region's 300 days of sunshine each year. The solar project marks collaboration between Nestlé Purina PetCare, Arizona Public Service … [Read more...] about Purina Unveiling Solar Array in Flagstaff
NAU Lands $2.5 M Grant for Garden Array
The National Science Foundation has awarded Northern Arizona University’s College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences a four-year, $2.5 million grant to create the Southwest Experimental Garden Array. The garden array will be a system of 10 experimental gardens across northern Arizona that include habitat types from desert to alpine forests. The gardens will be used to examine how climate change will affect the ecology and evolution of individual plant species, plant communities … [Read more...] about NAU Lands $2.5 M Grant for Garden Array
Free Entry to Grand Canyon Saturday
Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units across the country in celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) with fee free entry into the park. National Public Lands Day began in 1994 and is intended to encourage shared stewardship of our nation's public lands. Today, NPLD is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance federal, state and local public lands. In Grand Canyon National Park, volunteers and park staff will be working with … [Read more...] about Free Entry to Grand Canyon Saturday
First Navajo Woman Operator at Black Mesa Railroad
Engine 36 blows its horn 77 times along the Black Mesa Lake Powell Railroad. These 78 miles of tracks across the Navajo Nation exist for one purpose: to transport coal from Peabody Energy’s twin coal silos 20 miles southwest of Kayenta to the Navajo Generating Station at LeChee. Thirty years ago, Judy Moffett was the only woman and the only Navajo to become a train operator. After working to become an under-ground miner, with plans to go to either Moab, Utah, or Grants, N.M., she asked … [Read more...] about First Navajo Woman Operator at Black Mesa Railroad
17 Graduate from NGS Program
Seventeen Navajo men and women graduated last week from the most intense entry training program in the energy industry to become regular employees at the Navajo Generating Station. The seven week long Power Plant Fundamentals School, an updated version of the program NGS originated 40 years ago to train its operators, instructs each new employee in every phase of the power plant’s technical operation, procedures and safety. “It’s a tough school and you all should be very proud that you … [Read more...] about 17 Graduate from NGS Program
Solar Power Projects Illuminating Northern Arizona
Last year, Arizonans received 26 percent more megawatt hours of renewable energy than the previous year, reported APS to the Arizona Corporation Commission in May. That was enough to surpass Arizona’s renewable energy goals – set by the Arizona Corporation Commission – for the third straight year. To help reach aggressive future goals, APS is spending about $500 million to build new photovoltaic (PV) solar plants located across Arizona. One of those solar facilities was just approved by the … [Read more...] about Solar Power Projects Illuminating Northern Arizona
Future of Navajo Generating Station Uncertain
The future of the Navajo Generating Station near Page, AZ. remains uncertain. The Interior Department has requested the U.S. Environmental Protection agency to put off a decision on pollution controls for the coal fired plant for at least six months. A decision by the EPA was expected this summer which likely would have required additional reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions. An official from the Interior Department says the office needs more time to study the impacts of requiring … [Read more...] about Future of Navajo Generating Station Uncertain
Navajo Generating Station Hearing Underway
At the request of Congressmen Gosar and Trent Franks the Natural Resources Subcommittees Water and Power and Indian and Alaska Native Affairs held an oversight hearing on “Protecting Long-Term Tribal Energy Jobs and Keeping Arizona Water and Power Costs Affordable: The Current and Future Role of the Navajo Generating Station.” Located near Page, Arizona, the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) is a low-sulfur, coal-fired plant that provides 95% of the power to pump over 500 billion gallons … [Read more...] about Navajo Generating Station Hearing Underway
