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Environmental risk is on the rise in Utah, but most emissions come from a single source

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo) Huge hauling trucks that hold 320 tons of material drive uphill to leave the open pit at Rio Tinto Kennecott to dump their loads, seen here in June 2017. The Salt Lake City-based mining company and its related operations account for more than 90 percent of all emissions in Utah listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s toxic release inventory, or TRI.