Tony Davis

1 week ago | tucson.com | Tony Davis

About 59% of all national forest lands in the U.S., including some in southern and central Arizona, would be open to logging under far fewer environmental restrictions than exist today, under a new directive from the Trump administration. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins released a memo April 3 calling for the new rules as a way to combat wildfire risk and disease.

2 weeks ago | cbc.ca | Tony Davis

PEI·NewA woman accused of killing her three-month-old child made her first appearance in P.E.I. Supreme Court on Thursday. Police were called after the injured 3-month-old baby was treated at IWK Health CentreWARNING: This story contains disturbing details. A Charlottetown woman accused of killing her three-month-old child made her first appearance in P.E.I. Supreme Court Thursday. Cassie Acorn, 39, entered the courtroom with her wrists and ankles shackled.

2 weeks ago | tucson.com | Tony Davis

The legally and politically charged issue of differential water rates is back in Tucson, with City Manager Tim Thomure recommending the City Council boost rates by a range of 16% to 23% for its customers in unincorporated Pima County. A proposed new rate structure would increase the water bill for the average homeowner in the unincorporated areas of Pima County by $5 to $7 a month starting in July, according to an analysis prepared by Tucson Water.

2 weeks ago | tucson.com | Tony Davis

The Trump Administration has put on hold a nearly $500 million federal grant to a Benson power cooperative and a $1.8 billion loan guarantee to Phoenix utility giant Arizona Public Service Co. as it weighs clawing back financing of renewable energy projects, which it generally philosophically opposes. The $485 million grant to Arizona Electric Power Cooperative Inc.

3 weeks ago | tucson.com | Tony Davis

The Colorado River’s reservoirs contain their third lowest amount of water for this time of year since the current drought period started in 2000, a sign that “the Colorado River crisis endures,” said a blog post from five river researchers. Whether the low reservoir storage will lead to a situation in which the reservoirs fall still lower, requiring major short-term cutbacks in water use, will depend on what the weather is like in the basin for the next year or two.