Topic: 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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What’s on deck?
Upcoming bills in the 2019 Utah State legislature Every year it feels like we make a little more progress toward a healthier environment, even if sometimes we take a step or two ba …
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Environews
Environmental news updates New Tracy Aviary Nature Center & Jordan River Park Salt Lake County is planning a new Jordan River Park along the riparian corridor between highway 2 …
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Environews: Roadless Rule rollback?
The State of Utah plans to petition the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a state-specific rollback of the 2001 “Roadless Rule” that limits forest road building associated with in …
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Environews: U of U earns “Bicycle Friendly” gold
Congratulations to the University of Utah which has earned Gold designation as a Bicycle Friendly University from the League of American Bicyclists! In 2017 the U created a new pos …
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Environews: Congratulations, Cache Valley
Cache Valley has become the first air-quality nonattainment area in the state of Utah to meet federal standards for PM2.5 (small air pollution particulates that cause respiratory a …
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Environews: SLC Mayor gets behind national monuments
In November, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski and other Utah elected officials filed two amicus briefs in support of lawsuits to restore the original boundaries of Bears Ears …
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that. –Martin Luther King Jr. 💙 Happy birthday MLK, we’ll forever be grateful for your unfaltering example of taking the high road, choosing love, and insisting on envisioning the kind of world we want to create, despite all the odds. Illustration by @petraerikssonstudio #mlk #martinlutherkingjr