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— Earth Day is a reminder of what we can do collectively — Dean McGovern | For The Salt Lake Tribune

"The American public awakening to environmental health and sustainability is often traced to 1962. It was then that author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring.' Carson's book sparked a movement that continues today. She stated, 'I truly believe that we in this generation must come to terms with nature. And I think we are challenged as mankind has never been challenged before to prove our maturity and our mastery not of nature, but of ourselves.' ...

"Conservation, awareness and community engagement have been the hallmarks of Earth Day for 45 years. This week we have a chance to do it again. ..."

— Water conservation must be Utah's new normal — Salt Lake Tribune Editorial

"At least one weather app Tuesday afternoon described the current conditions in Salt Lake City as 'dust,' a condition soon slaked by the arrival of a muddy spring rain, followed by a snowfall of more volume than the community had seen in January, February and March put together. ...

" ... Too little rain over the next few months, especially if combined with too much lawn-watering and other nonessential uses, could leave the city facing a shortage. And that would trigger more calls for restrictions, voluntary at first, mandatory if necessary, designed to cut water usage from anywhere from 5 percent to 35 percent. ..."

— Water situation dire in Utah County — Provo Daily Herald Editorial

" ... Imagine that you were thirsty, but were told you could drink only a fourth of the water that you'd like to drink. You'd be thankful to have some water, but you'd still be really thirsty.

"That's essentially the situation we are in. ..."

— Poll shows its time to address climate shift — Logan Herald-Journal Editorial

" ... Another possible benefit of the survey: making the climate change discourse more cordial and constructive. The numbers clearly show that there is greater consensus than one might imagine, something that is rarely discussed on Internet comment boards or cable news shows. Ripping each other apart at every opportunity does little to address this looming environmental crisis, which will require the world to come together and take action."

— Climate change denial: Scientific skepticism or disparagement of science? — Naomi Oreskes | For The Deseret News

"In the latest development in the public understanding (or misunderstanding) of climate science, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has compared himself to Galileo. His suggestion is that he and others like him who reject the evidence that humans are changing Earth's climate are heroes standing up to the prevailing power structure.

"Cruz is a lawyer by training and politician by vocation, so the idea that he has a better grasp on the physics and chemistry of our atmosphere than do scientists is hard to credit. Galileo was a scientist offering scientific evidence, not a politician rejecting it, so any comparison is, on its face, pretty silly. But there is a larger, more serious question at stake here. ..."

— LDS Church should take on pollution the same way it took on MX missile — Terry Marasco | For The Salt Lake Tribune

" ... The church has been disturbingly quiet on this serious threat to its members. Is it not the LDS Church's burden to protect its own? ..."

— Americans need to start reaching for the stars again — Charles Anderson | For The Salt Lake Tribune

" ... Our society has lost our view of the stars. We have lost the desire to know our place in the cosmos and to find how we fit into the puzzle that is our universe, and we may never find out where we fit. Future generations may look to the skies not think of the magnificent stars that give light, and perhaps life, to worlds without number. We must take control, and be pioneers of the future, and if we cannot achieve what we strive to at this time, we must lay the road for future dreamers, creators, innovators, explorers, or we will never learn more than what is in front of us."

— Same-sex fight diverts us from the world's real challenges — Doree Ashcraft | For The Salt Lake Tribune

" ... Imagine how much joy and love we could share and how much kick-butt ethical power we could impart if we all just simply finally acknowledged that some people are gay, some are straight, and some don't fit a nice little packaged label ... and then got on with the really heavy lifting of not only caring, but ferociously fighting, for our young sisters ... going to bat for all of our girls instead of battling against some of our girls. ..."