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Last discussed May 7, 2026.
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A resident urged the council to support the clean energy program to help the environment and lower energy costs.
City Council Meeting — May 7, 2026 · 20:20 →News & external sources (10)
Interior redefines 'harm' under Endangered Species Act
SALT LAKE CITY — Last week, the Trump administration finalized a rule that removed federal protections for the habitats of endangered species. Now the "modification or degradation" of an at-risk species'...
Utah’s ‘world’s longest art gallery’ could see 500 oil trucks a day. A new lawsuit aims to stop that.
Environmental groups are suing the federal government over plans to blast a “hydrocarbon highway” through a canyon full of cultural, archaeological and historical resources.
New study says Great Salt Lake dust could cost $2 billion a year in healthcare
A new study finds that healthcare costs associated with dust blowing off a shrinking Great Salt Lake could cost as much as $2 billion a year.
Letter: Trump doesn’t care about protecting our forests. Speak up to protect the Roadless Rule before it’s too late.
Letter: In 2001, Taxpayers for Common Sense supported the creation of the Roadless Rule to stop the frivolous spending of our tax dollars. Over a million people supported it. We need to do the same now.
Why did a government agency turn a Utah creek red?
Walking along the banks of Mill Creek, a stream running out of Millcreek Canyon, one won’t see the typical clear water flowing downstream this week. On Sept. 1 and 2, the water appeared a deep blood red. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources — in c...
After months of debate, a northern Utah city curtailed these environmental protections
A scientist previously said reducing buffers around wetlands could harm animals and disrupt the flow of groundwater.
Utah is exploring an unusual fix for wildfire, flood and drought impacts
Just north of Park City, the bubbling McLeod Creek has become the focus of Utah and federal officials' hopes of finding low-tech ways to combat drought and wildfires. Here's what they're seeing.
Letter: If we want a better, healthier, more affordable world, we must stand for the environment and vote for those who protect it
Letter: If we want a better, healthier, more affordable world, we must stand for the environment and vote for those who protect it
Inside America’s last great wilderness as oil drilling appears on the horizon in the Arctic refuge
Some 3,800 feet above sea-level, hundreds of miles from the nearest strip mall, hospital or road this past June, we found the massive, spiraling horn of an approximately 12-year-old dall ram. The horn of the great, white arctic sheep was nestled in t...
Letter: I’ve loved Utah’s red rock country my whole life. I’ve become progressively more conservative about wilderness.
Letter: I’ve loved Utah’s red rock country my whole life. I’ve become progressively more conservative about wilderness.