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Dolphins Shipped From Hawaii to Arizona Desert for New Tourist Attraction

Dolphins Shipped From Hawaii to Arizona Desert for New Tourist Attraction

By Laura Goldman In the desert near Scottsdale, the new tourist attraction Dolphinaris Arizona opened for business on Oct. 15. Customers will pay hundreds of dollars for the opportunity to swim with its three captive dolphins. How did those dolphins get there? They were flown from Hawaii by FedEx. Two activists from the nonprofit advocacy […]

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    Dolphins Shipped From Hawaii to Arizona Desert for New Tourist Attraction

    Dolphins Shipped From Hawaii to Arizona Desert for New Tourist Attraction

    By Laura Goldman In the desert near Scottsdale, the new tourist attraction Dolphinaris Arizona opened for business on Oct. 15. Customers will pay hundreds of dollars for the opportunity to swim with its three captive dolphins. How did those dolphins get there? They were flown from Hawaii by FedEx. Two activists from the nonprofit advocacy […]

    Big Win for Arizona Solar Customers

    Big Win for Arizona Solar Customers

    In a 4 to 1 vote this week, the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) rejected a number of anti-solar rate proposals for customers of UNS Electric, Inc. Earthjustice and Vote Solar were among the groups working to maintain consumer solar options in the UNS rate case, which is one of five rate cases with major implications […]

    How Arizona Could Soon Tax Thousands of Residents For Going Solar

    How Arizona Could Soon Tax Thousands of Residents For Going Solar

    If you lease solar panels in Arizona—now home of the world’s largest photovoltaic solar facility—there could soon be a tax for that. A new interpretation of state law regarding solar panels means that customers could be paying taxes on them by October 2015, the Arizona Republic reported. The taxes aren’t light either. According to the […]