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Industry-backed pesticide immunity laws are advancing nationwide, raising fears that farmers and families harmed by pesticides could lose their right to seek justice.
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it?
Nitrogen dioxide levels near e-commerce warehouses are 20 percent higher than in other neighborhoods. It can even be measured from space.
A "rollercoaster" of funding cuts and layoffs have gutted critical agricultural research projects across the nation.
With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.
Extra-hot oceans could spawn monster storms. Researchers worry that cuts at the agency will interrupt the flow of data for forecasts.
At the Permanent Forum, leaders connect climate change, mining, and deforestation to mounting health crisis and demand a coordinated approach to land rights.
Since Utah passed a law last year, 30 more states and the District of Columbia have drafted similar bills.
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.