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A unanimous decision will allow a controversial Utah oil project to go forward, while easing climate review standards for future major energy projects.
The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it?
The company’s climate strategy could result in more emissions than it prevents.
Former EPA employees warn that rural and underserved communities across the country will be left with fewer protections against environmental health hazards and limited options for recourse.
With power demand from data centers skyrocketing, the state is rejoining a regional climate initiative.
Rice plants are a big source of methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. Scientists just developed a strain that cuts those emissions by 70 percent.
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.
In the most polluted areas, a quarter of babies are born underweight. The watchdog group wants the EPA to intervene.
