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Environmental Politics
Environews: Alta Ski Area behaving badly
Alta Ski Area, long considered an industry leader for sustainability, has tarnished its image by obstructing Wasatch Mountains conservation planning. At a December meeting, Alta op …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Stewart slips public lands attack into Farm Bill
Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT-2) slipped an attack on Utah public lands into the 2018 Farm Bill that passed in December. The misnamed “Sage-Grouse & Mule Deer Conservation …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Scandal-plagued Zinke calls it quits
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, formerly a congressman from Montana, has announced his resignation due to charges of corruption and misconduct. Zinke will be remembered in Utah for …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Activists protest BLM lease sale
In December, environmentalists and climate change activists gathered to protest a particularly objectionable Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil & gas lease sale. Under the Tru …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Public lands drilling & greenhouse gas emissions
A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that fossil fuels extracted from federal public land account for 23.7% of the nation’s total CO2 emissions. Public lan …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Inland Port may restart Legacy Parkway fight
Fifteen years ago, Utah citizens fought hard to mitigate environmental impacts of building the Legacy Parkway which runs through Great Salt Lake wetlands. They succeeded in getting …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Bear River in trouble
In December the Utah Board of Water Resources met in a closed-door meeting to approve $5 million for development of the Bear River. Diversion of Bear River water would be catastrop …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Climate change in the Southwest
The Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol. II, released in November, includes a regional report on climate change impacts, risks and adaptation in the Southwest United States. The …
Environmental Politics
Environews: Wildlife overpass opens on Parley’s Summit
The new wildlife overpass is open over I-80 on Parley’s Summit to help Wasatch Mountain critters safely cross six lanes of fast traffic (and to save drivers from dangerous animal c …
Live, Nature
Environews: New Tracy Aviary Nature Center & Jordan River Park
Salt Lake County is planning a new Jordan River Park along the riparian corridor between highway 201 and 4500 South, envisioned as an urban natural area with a priority on preservi …
Community Profiles, Connect, Spirituality & Mysticism
On The Path: Thomas McConkie of Lower Lights Sangha
Insights from life’s journeys, by members of CATALYST’s Community Resource Directory: “What has set you on your path? Where and how did your journey begin that has led you to this …
Inversion does not equal air pollution
Here in the Salt Lake Valley, we are no strangers to inversions and air pollution. We are, unfortunately, so familiar with it that people often think that inversion is the same as …
Live
Like farting under the covers
On a clear day, Salt Lake City is a beautiful place, with vistas in all directions that can’t be beat—weather and human activity permitting, of course. On December 28, 2016, two w …
Heal, Health
Respiratory remedies to the rescue
Don’t just protest… Protect! Indoor air quality can be two to five times more toxic than the outdoor air, according to the EPA. Cleaning products, mold, cookware, synthetic air f …
