Joan Meiners

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Joan Meiners

This is part of a monthly series answering readers' climate-related questions and highlighting Arizona's unsung climate leaders. The stories aim to help to connect and inspire Arizonans who care about protecting a livable climate and may be struggling to find hope in that effort lately. You can ask a question or nominate an unsung Arizona climate leader by filling out this form at https://forms.gle/QCCxBPSHGy1bUJQ99 or by emailing climate reporter Joan Meiners at [email protected].

1 month ago | azcentral.com | Joan Meiners

Great Old Broads for Wilderness has taken on public lands use, climate change, mining and other issues aimed at keeping wilderness and wildlands intact. One of the group's signature issues is the Mexican gray wolf recovery, a process group members say is struggling more than federal officials admit. Border issues have also become important to the group, including military activities and the environmental damages caused by the border wall.

Jan 18, 2025 | azcentral.com | Joan Meiners

In the preface of his first book, New Mexico-raised journalist Kyle Paoletta describes the deserts of the American Southwest in the eyes of early non-native settlers as “a vacancy in need of filling,” “a clean, blank page awaiting the makers of history,” “connotations of nothingness” and “a place with no past, and thus limitless potential for the future.”In modern times, millions of people call those deserts “home,” some while casting a wary eye at limits to their sustainability.

Jan 11, 2025 | azcentral.com | Joan Meiners

Phoenix Fire Captain Todd Keller waited Friday afternoon for a call from FEMA. He stands ready to send 45 firefighters from Phoenix's Arizona Task Force 1 team to help quell the devastating destruction overtaking Los Angeles. If deployed, the search and rescue crew could spend up to 21 days in close proximity to some of the most toxic smoke and unusually brutal fire conditions the country has yet seen.

Jan 11, 2025 | usatoday.com | Joan Meiners

Phoenix Fire Capt. Todd Keller waited Friday afternoon for a call from FEMA. He stands ready to send 45 firefighters from Phoenix's Arizona Task Force 1 team to help quell the devastating destruction overtaking Los Angeles. If deployed, the search and rescue crew could spend up to 21 days in close proximity to some of the most toxic smoke and unusually brutal fire conditions the country has yet seen.