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Award of Merit Water/Environment: Tucson Blvd. Diversion Structure

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When a rotten egg odor began plaguing the El Rio Vista Natural Resource Park, local officials realized that it was coming from a Pima County wastewater sewer structure, which had undergone numerous modifications over the last 50 years.

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Higher Education/Research Award of Merit - University of Arizona Environment and Natural Resources Phase II

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The five-story University of Arizona Environment and Natural Resources Phase II, in Tucson, houses five different departments and a classroom.

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A Natural Building Journey

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I began to see that you can’t separate people from the environment, and that a lot of the destruction of our planet stems from our desire to see ourselves apart from and above the natural world that surrounds us. ” You can read the original article at www.motherearthnews.com and you can find out more about the author at his website.

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Caterpillar Expands In Southern Arizona

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has selected Tucson, AZ as the new location for its surface mining and technology offices. The company’s Tucson facility will create more than 600 projected new Arizona jobs over five years, with employees in executive management, engineering, product development and support positions.

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The Art of Earth Architecture

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Studio Rick Joy’s Tucson Mountain House was constructed from rammed earth an is a mix of modern minimalism and vernacular construction. Today, it’s used around the world in homes, like the Tucson house by Rick Joy, offices, shopping centers, places of worship, and more, which are featured in Dethier’s book.

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Agero To Open State-Of-The-Art Call Center In Tri-Cities, TN

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Agero currently operates five regional facilities in Clarksville, TN; Medford, MA; Sebring, FL; Tucson, AZ; and Sault Ste. The building is Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certified by the U.S. Agero, Inc., The company will invest $3.5 million and create 585 jobs in the region. Marie, Ontario. Green Building Council.

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FEATURE STORY: High-Tech Hubs Are Moving To Their Markets

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Some of the locations already are well-known for developing the next generation of technologies, such as Austin, home to Dell, Apple, Facebook and Google, and Tucson, with its hotbed of solar technology innovation. Tucson is the Sun King. Tucson has been identified as one of thirteen Solar America Cities by the U.S.