Topic: Politics
‘No Promo Homo’ Law Abolished in Utah
SB 196, AKA, “No Promo Homo” Law was repealed after Equality Utah filed a lawsuit against the State Board of Education. This law prohibited the discussion of homosexuality in …
READ MORE
Trump’s EPA: dirty coal power, dirty air
In 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Regional Haze Ruling that required Rocky Mountain Power to install pollution controls on coal-fired power plants at Hunte …
READ MORE
Water conservation strategies from the Utah Rivers Council
Utah Rivers Council (URC) has initiated a new water conservation campaign for Utah called 40 by 30—the goal is to reduce daily water consumption per person 40% by 2030. Water conse …
READ MORE
Utah proposal to decimate Bears Ears
In September the State of Utah submitted its own proposal asking the U.S. Department of the Interior to literally decimate Bears Ears National Monument, reducing it to a tenth of i …
READ MORE
Leaked Zinke memo snubs public input on Monuments
Last month The Washington Post obtained a leaked memo from Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that recommends drastically reducing the size of both Bears Ears National Monument and Gran …
READ MORE
Methane rule survives GOP attack
The 2017 Conservation in the West poll from Colorado College showed that 81% of Western voters agreed with the statement, “We should continue to require oil and gas producers who o …
READ MORE
Secret Zinke meetings spark lawsuit
County commissioners from Kane and Garfield Counties may have broken Utah law when they held closed-door meetings with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke concerning the possibility of s …
READ MORE
Mike Noel blames“rock lickers” for fires
In June and July the Brianhead fire in the Dixie National Forest burned more than 71,000 acres and racked up over $34 million in firefighting costs. The Federal Emergency Managemen …
READ MORE
On the road with BLM paleontologist Alan Titus
An open letter to Secretary Zinke For five hours I drove from Capitol Hill, in Salt Lake City, through the same famous redrock landscapes you flew over—Bryce Canyon, Kodachr …
READ MORE
White Mesa Uranium Mill
Given the grief caused to Utah by uranium mining in the past, it is surprising that the Utah Commission for the Stewardship of Public Lands submitted comments to Trump’s Monument R …
READ MORE
-
Thinking of going solar? Applications for Rocky Mountain Power's net metering program are due by November 15th.
RMP rooftop solar settlement | Catalyst Magazine
catalystmagazine.net
In the transition to renewable energy, the biggest obstacles are challenges to the business model of existing utility companies. As rooftop solar...