Arizona Daily Star reporter Tony Davis' top 5 stories of 2022
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We are sharing Arizona Daily Star reporters' and photographers' favorite work from 2022.
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At Glen Canyon, receding waters reveal a cathedral ─ and shift debateFor Star subscribers: To critics, Glen Canyon Dam was one of the U.S.'s biggest environmental mistakes. But it generates electricity for about 5 million people in seven states.
For Star subscribers: Western water management system may be in the early stages of collapse.
For Star subscribers: The proposal for a $5.5 billion plant that few non-insiders had even heard of a month ago stirs accusations of backroom dealing, while its backers push it as a major fix for the water crisis.
Foreman launched two environmental movements: the radicalism, civil disobedience and "monkeywrenching" of Earth First, and "rewilding" to protect massive blocks of nature for wildlife.
For Star subscribers: Lake Powell is less than 35 feet above the level at which Glen Canyon Dam's generators would be turned off. But there's no detailed plan on what to do if that happens. Authorities say they're working very hard to produce one as soon as possible.
Tony Davis
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Our reporters, producers and photographers chose their top 5 pieces of work from 2022. Here are their selections:
For Star subscribers: The water delivery system that 40 million people in the U.S. West depend on is at risk of collapse as the Colorado River…
Behind the series: The Star's longtime environmental reporter Tony Davis shares what inspired him to write the investigative series "Colorado …
For Star subscribers: State officials say Buckeye in Maricopa County, long one of the U.S.' fastest growing cities, lacks enough groundwater to support its projected homebuilding. Other areas likely face that dilemma, too, Arizona's water director warns.
For Star subscribers: Six states including Arizona made the new proposal but Calif., which controls the largest share of the river water, will offer an opposing plan.