Advertise with Googlier.com river | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Wed, 09 May 2018 15:16:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg river | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/09/08/congress-wades-into-toxic-mine-spill-caused-by-epa-crew/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/09/08/congress-wades-into-toxic-mine-spill-caused-by-epa-crew/#respond Tue, 08 Sep 2015 14:46:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=88272 The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accidentally unleashed the deluge of poisoned water.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2015/09/08/congress-wades-into-toxic-mine-spill-caused-by-epa-crew/feed/ 0 88272 Report blames national parks maintenance backlog on Congress https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:39:52 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=64462 Congress is letting maintenance backlogs grow in national parks like the Grand Canyon while continuing to add new sites that the National Park Service cannot afford to maintain, a report Tuesday charged.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/10/30/report-blames-national-parks-maintenance-backlog-including-the-grand-canyon-in-arizona-on-congress/feed/ 1 64462 Court upholds Grand Canyon’s river management plan https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/07/23/court-upholds-grand-canyons-river-management-plan/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2009/07/23/court-upholds-grand-canyons-river-management-plan/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:21:53 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=13266 FLAGSTAFF - An appeals court on Tuesday (July 22) rejected a challenge by environmentalists to change federal rules allowing the use of motorized rafts at the Grand Canyon.

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