Weber State wants to preserve Great Salt Lake during record decline
As Utah continues facing an unprecedented drought, one Utah university is hoping to better understand and preserve the shrinking Great Salt Lake.
What is carbon pricing? Could it clean Utah’s air?
Taxing polluters as a way to drive clean energy solutions in Utah was explored in a roundtable discussion Tuesday involving both Republican supporters and their...
Salt Lake City is getting a ton of high-rise buildings
Cranes and construction vehicles have taken to the city streets as myriad developers embark on 24 large urban buildings that will remake the skyline of...
Bureau of Land Management offers over 4,800 for solar energy development in Utah
On Thursday, September 9, the Bureau of Land Management’s Cedar City Field Office began a 60-day bidding period to lease more than 4,800 acres in...
Booming Utah’s Weak Link: Surging Air Pollution
Kevin Perry had just begun his morning routine, stepping outside to get the newspaper, when he noticed something was wrong with the sky.
Taxing Carbon Emissions Has Bipartisan Support In Utah, But Lawmakers Seem Unlikely To Do It
As the impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent across the country — from devastating wildfires to historic drought — the need to act is...
A Utah company wants to turn your food scraps into energy and fertilizer
This story is part of The Salt Lake Tribune’s ongoing commitment to identify solutions to Utah’s biggest challenges through the work of the Innovation Lab.
As the West bakes, Utah forges ahead with water pipeline
As drought and climate change strangle the Colorado River, a small county in Utah nevertheless continues forging ahead with a billion-dollar pipeline to suck more...