On a recent sunny morning, a small group of conservationists heads into battle in the hills above Redwood City. They don an ...

Nuclear reactors help power Los Angeles. Should we panic, or be grateful? Three radiation containment domes sit alongside an evaporation pond at Palo Verde Generating Station south of Tonopah, Ariz.

The emergency system for the Palo Verde nuclear power plant is being tested but the command center is underground, 60 miles away from the plant in Phoenix.

If you hear sirens in the far West Valley on Wednesday, don’t worry. It’s only a test of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station warning system.

Framatome has completed the first of 12 low-pressure feedwater heater replacements at Arizona Public Service's Palo Verde nuclear power plant as part of a seven-year campaign to replace all the ...

Blue palo verde trees also provide food for various native critters, and are a great source of pollen and nectar for our native bees.

Not just any old plant has what it takes to survive desert heat. Desert plants like cacti are remarkable for their unique adaptations to one of the harshest climates on the planet. The palo verde ...

Maricopa County and APS are testing the 70 warning sirens around the Palo Verde nuclear-generating station.

Radiation contamination is a real threat at nuclear facilities, which is why security gets tighter as you get closer to Palo Verde's three reactors.

Since prior to the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration has made public a sensitive intelligence warning the Kremlin is preparing to launch cyberattacks on American ...

The nuclear-powered Palo Verde station in Arizona. State regulators approved new solar generation from the plant, but the new systems won’t be built in time to avoid possible rolling blackouts ...

Regarding palo verde seedpods, keep in mind that they are thoroughly edible and have long served as a snack among the indigenous peoples of the Sonoran Desert.