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The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it?
“Our goal is to remind negotiators that behind every policy decision are real people and real lives at risk.”
A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own.
But developing countries need trillions more.
A simple legal strategy could spell the end of the fledging industry, which had been poised for renewal. But it may also backfire.
The Trump administration fast-tracked the project approval, reversing a Biden directive.
With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.
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.
