
Environment
Position
Environment Committee's Principles:
- Advocate for environmental policies that respond to Arizona's unique needs based on sound science and clear statutory authority, while respecting the rights of the regulated community and not placing undue burden on business.
- Support the prioritization by federal, state, and local agencies of environmental regulation that is based on sound science and the principles of risk identification, reduction, and management.
- Oppose new or expanded environmental regulation that is duplicative or inconsistent with existing federal or state regulation or is not cost-effective in achieving the environmental goal.
- Support environmental regulatory agencies that implement and oversee environmental laws and regulations in a fair, reasonable, and consistent manner.
- Ensure agency compliance with existing regulatory reform requirements, and support additional regulatory reform policies that provide for full and consistent application of the law and agency accountability.
News
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Rosemont foes fault agriculture secretary
Oct 22, 2009 — The Arizona Daily Star
Raul Grijalva termed the letter an "affront." Rep. Such reviews are required under the National Environmental Policy Act for any federal project or, like Rosemont, a federally permitted project. What does he know about the hard-rock mining law, or about the Forest Service in general?
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Technology changing cowboy life
Sep 30, 2009 — The Arizona Daily Sun
During his great-grandfather's day, cattle were shipped by railroad. The cattle were fed much more hay in the past, too. You don't mind working seven days." Reed enjoys involving his family in the ranching life.
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Sep 3, 2009 — The Arizona Daily Star
...equipment or laboratory upgrades. The institutes are expected to pick up the salary costs at some point. At a university where faculty often are recruited away by colleges that pay more, the money will "give us some resources to use to try and bring some really good faculty here" and benefit existing faculty, too, Tolbert said. Keeping a critical mass of minds at the institutes helps retain the existing institute faculty, she said. Bio5 hopes to recruit faculty members...
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MCAS Yuma alternate site for Osprey squadron Open house in Yuma on EIS statement set for March
Feb 20, 2009 — The Yuma Daily Sun
Basing Alternatives (10 squadrons) --MCAS Miramar Partial Basing Alternatives --MCAS Miramar -- maximum 8 squadrons/minimum 2 squadrons --MCAS Camp Pendleton -- 2 squadrons --MCAS Yuma -- maximum 8 squadrons/minimum 2 squadrons Under the proposal, the 10 squadrons of 120 MV-22s, would replace nine squadrons of 114 helicopters. The preferred alternative laid out in the EIS calls for basing 8 squadrons at MCAS Miramar and 2 squadrons at MCAS...
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Kids learn how to play nice Program makes recess more structured and gives kids more things to do on the playground
Jan 15, 2009 — The Arizona Daily Star
When kids get bored, they tend to bully one another.