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A volunteer plants trees for Tucson Clean and Beautiful in Tucson in 2024. Adding trees is one gesture that can save the environment and your electric bill, courtesy of added shade.

Earth Day 2025

Leah Steinberg, Reporter April 21, 2025

Earth Day, April 22, is a day to raise awareness for protecting the Earth, the environment and natural resources, and environmentalists say it's also a good reminder of how small steps can lead to giant...

Construction crews work on a wildlife corridor and ramp along Interstate 10 near Avra Valley Road on Wednesday, April 15, 2025.

Wildlife will soon slither, sneak and clomp under I-10 more safely

Kyra Berg, Jamieson-Metcalf Scholar April 17, 2025

A new wildlife ramp taking shape between the Tucson and Tortolita mountains will give rock squirrels, lizards, javelina, mule deer, mountain lions and other critters a safer way to navigate beneath one...

Student Evie Tran in the process of making her Kiwi Strawberry Blonde Ale. (Courtesy of Patrick Heacock)

We’ll Drink to That

Ella Sabel, Reporter April 3, 2025

Nutritional sciences and wellness sounds like it would go great with a beer.  Just ask Patrick Heacock, the head brewer for the University of Arizona School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness.  For...

Natalie Shepp, climate manager for the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality, talks to cyclists last October at Cyclovia in Armory Park in Downtown Tucson.  (Photo courtesy of Pima County)

With federal funding cuts looming, Pima County must step up on climate initiatives

John-Amos Stompoly, Reporter March 19, 2025

Political uncertainty is not deterring a local climate official from continuing her work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change effects on underserved communities in Pima County. Natalie...

The entrance to the Mel and Enid Zuckerberg College of Public Health that honors their impact and donations made to the UA.

UA One Health Initiative faces new uncertainty fighting future pandemics

Jack Reser, Reporter March 18, 2025

The University of Arizona School of Public Health launched the One Health Initiative in 2020 to fight future health issues in Arizona and around the world. That work could help prevent or respond to...

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