Anyone who lives in Tempe is familiar with the unique, wiry structure that is the Ocotillo power plant. But the plant is getting a revamp to make it more effective, efficient and ...

A hummingbird flying on a sunny day - Spondylolithesis/Getty Images While hummingbird feeders may draw these magnificent, fluttering birds to your yard, you may also be looking for native plants that ...

Q: I just purchased a retirement home in Joshua Tree and LOVE the ocotillo plant. I’m reading about the care and cultivation of them, but one thing perplexes me: which side is the south side and which ...

Maybe you’ve seen an ocotillo out in nature. Driving down 385 toward Big Bend National Park, the plants are hard to miss, with their sprawling branches snaking their way toward the sky. The ...

The Sierra Club on April 21 filed an appeal with the U.S. EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to challenge an air permit issued by the Maricopa County Air Quality Department for the Ocotillo natural gas ...

A: Ocotillos are planted much like any other shrub. Select a spot that will allow for the mature size of the plant and in an area with like plants that have similar water needs to make irrigation ...

Sierra Club is appealing an air-quality permit for a Tempe power plant APS is tearing down part of the Ocotillo plant and building five more powerful generators The plant opened in 1960 The Sierra ...

The Ocotillo Wind power project in California is back online after Siemens (NYSE: SI) decided insufficient adhesive bonding was at fault for a fallen turbine blade, according to a report from The San ...

Veteran desert biologist Jim Cornett was astonished to see a bright yellow and black caterpillar munching on a spiny ocotillo plant one late March day. Normally the razor-spiked plants would not be ...

Sierra Club opposes plans to upgrade a natural-gas plant in Tempe. The environmental group says the greenhouse-gas emissions from the plant will be too high. Sierra Club proposes batteries instead of ...