Utah
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Powering data centers on nuclear? That’s a tough sell in Utah’s coal country.
To power two new data centers, Carbon County is getting a giant gas plant and 456 small nuclear reactors. Locals are pushing back.
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![the view from high above a mine shaft on land that was part of Bears Ears National Monument]()
![the view from high above a mine shaft on land that was part of Bears Ears National Monument]()
After Trump opened Bears Ears land to business, prospectors swooped in
All the claims on the 1.2 million acres appear to have been filed by small-scale miners in Utah with an interest in uranium.
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![A yellow sign reading No Uranium Mining against a desert landscape with red dirt and a hill in the background]()
![A yellow sign reading No Uranium Mining against a desert landscape with red dirt and a hill in the background]()
Mining executives bought stock in their own firm days before Trump shrank Bears Ears
House Democrats have opened an investigation for insider trading.
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![waves of solar panels spread into the distance in Utah]()
![waves of solar panels spread into the distance in Utah]()
In a first, Utah got more power from solar than any other source
The state used to run on coal, but now renewables are surging.
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![A burned out truck sits amid white trees scorched by the Cottonwood Fire]()
![A burned out truck sits amid white trees scorched by the Cottonwood Fire]()
Wildfire prevention has always been a challenge in the West. Hotter, drier weather is making it worse.
In an overheating era, the old ways of keeping fires from raging out of control may no longer work.
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![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
![Tall grass in the foreground and dark, craggy cliffs in the background -- a part of Bears Ears National Monument.]()
Most Utahns want to protect their national monuments. Trump had other plans.
Utah's Republican politicians and the Trump administration said shrinking Bears Ears was what locals really wanted.
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![An artist rendering of a massive data center planned for rural Utah, with mountains in the background.]()
![An artist rendering of a massive data center planned for rural Utah, with mountains in the background.]()
The world’s largest data center was supposed to run on 100% natural gas. Utah’s Republican governor says ‘never.’
Governor Spencer Cox says nuclear, geothermal, and solar power should help fuel the colossal Stratos Project.
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Utah’s fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America’s biggest data center gets built
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it?
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How deep-red Utah helped launch a portable plug-in solar movement
Since Utah passed a law last year, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills.
