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Environment

Health impact from smoke rises with more intense wildfires
Health impact from smoke rises with more intense wildfires
By Matthew Brown | The Associated Press • 13h ago

Permanent warnings about algal bloom are being installed around Utah Lake

Sean P. Means By Sean P. Means • 15h ago

What’s killing southern Utah’s juniper trees?

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • 20h ago

U.S. releases environmental analysis of plan to stop fires

By Keith Ridler | The Associated Press • 1d ago

Salt Lake County rejects Olympus Hills bike park, but will seek other locations

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • 4d ago

Coal waste piles still burning a year after central Utah fire

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • 4d ago

A tiny creature threatens Utah’s $1.8 billion Lake Powell pipeline

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • 4d ago

Refinery arm of Utah-based Sinclair Oil agrees to $1.6M penalty for emissions allegations

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • 5d ago

Environmental quality deputy to temporarily head Utah agency

5d ago

Amid urgent climate warnings, the EPA is easing restrictions on coal-fired power plants

By Ellen KnickMeyer | The Associated Press • 5d ago

Dogs help wildlife officials track down and kill a black bear after it injured a boy in a Utah campsite

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • June 18

Watchdog to investigate whether BLM broke the law by studying Grand Staircase monument’s potential for oil and gas leasing

Thomas Burr By Thomas Burr • June 18

Trump could revive Utah’s uranium mines any day now, but activists worry about the industry’s toxic legacy

Zak Podmore By Zak Podmore , brian maffly • June 18

Weber State OK’d a student growing hemp for his senior project. He could still be arrested for misusing.

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • June 18

Report explores what went wrong last year when dual wildfires nearly overran two Utah towns

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • June 16

Disputed rail project seeking to ship eastern Utah oil to more lucrative markets clears hurdle with $21 million funding boost

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • June 13

Parched U.S. Southwest gets reprieve as snowmelt fills rivers

By Dan Elliott | The Associated Press • June 13

'High, fast and cold’: Weather service issues a flood watch for Little Cottonwood Creek

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • June 12

‘Just disturbing’: Vandals deface redrock monolith in southern Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • June 12

Great Salt Lake up 2.5 feet and still rising from last year’s ‘disastrous’ low levels; Lake Powell is rising as much as 15 inches a day.

Benjamin Wood By Benjamin Wood • June 11

Birds of prey visit City Library during Audubon Photography Awards gallery show

Sara Tabin By Sara Tabin • June 9

Oil drilling comes to Utah wildlife refuge. Will rules keep birds, plants and fish safe?

Brian Maffly By Brian Maffly • June 7

Utah’s science standards will be updated — despite concerns over what students will learn about evolution, climate change and humans being ‘like pigs’

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • June 6

EPA may take Salt Lake off its dirty-air list, thanks partly to the weather

Scott D. Pierce By Scott D. Pierce • June 6

First harmful algal bloom of the summer appears at Utah Lake

Paighten Harkins By Paighten Harkins • June 5